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Bug#40934: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

I second this proposal. [Joey, do you want to change the status of this proposal in the BTS?] Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer,

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Joseph Carter wrote: I think the html changelog SHOULD be there since that is its native form. lynx can be guaranteed to make a mess of anything more complex than a simple HTML file and as a result the original HTML should be provided in those cases. Since it's hard to deal with ifs like that

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 09:55:31PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Joseph Carter wrote: I think the html changelog SHOULD be there since that is its native form. lynx can be guaranteed to make a mess of anything more complex than a simple HTML file and as a result the original HTML should be

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 12:44:51PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Edward Betts wrote: On debian-policy, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 02:09:36PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: I think Manoj has a point. How about: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it may be made available as /usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be accessible as

Bug#40934: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

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Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On debian-policy, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My rationale for mandating a changelog.gz is for consitency, so you can easily find the changelog in every package. I don't have a rationale for requiring a html changelog, because that is already in policy. It went in last fall, I

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Edward Betts wrote: On debian-policy, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Hi, On 16 Jul, Joey Hess wrote: On debian-policy, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be accessible as

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Joey Hess wrote: Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Hi, Joey == Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be must? accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.gz' (this

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Manoj Srivastava wrote: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be must? accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.gz' (this can be created by

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Joey Hess wrote: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.gz' (this can be created by `lynx

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: How about mandating a non-HTML changelog.gz generated with lynx -dump -nolist | gzip? I have no problem with this. However, I don't think we should mandate the conversion tool. Any form of conversion to plain text should be

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text: If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the changelog must be

Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Branden Robinson wrote: Er, uhh, I don't like that because I think that, in general, HTML documents should be identifiable as such by their filename. Ideally, they should have the .html suffix. I was going to disagree with this on the ground html is easy to read, until I read mozilla's

PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization

Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Policy currently says that: If the upstream changelog file is text formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.gz'. If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz'.