Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated

2001-08-20 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Waters wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:06:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: Well, if I downgrade my must not's to should not's, would you second the proposal? I'm not sure, I have a terrific mail backlog and skimmed your proposal. Chris makes some good points too, in the parts of

Bug#109171: Use Maildir format by default

2001-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I am not sure this is a good timing for this to be a policy proposal. Please read on to see why I think so. Cesar == Cesar Eduardo Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cesar Debian uses the traditional mailbox style by default. [ Snip reasons for why this is not a good idea

Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated

2001-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Branden == Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Branden On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:05:59PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: I guess it says something for policy not needing to be used as a stick; a mere 'should' has clearly sufficed. Branden Well, if I downgrade my must not's to should not's,

Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated

2001-08-20 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:03:11PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Have you asked yourself whether this really needs a policy dictum? (It does not, in my opinion. Recommended practice suggestions ought to go into the developers reference; not policy). Is the Developers' Reference

Re: Bug#108416: Format of short description should be mandated

2001-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Branden == Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Branden Is the Developers' Reference presently maintained? I would so assume. The maintainer, Adam Di Carlo, is fairly active, and I would think that any proposed additions would be incorporated. He has been releasing the reference

Bug#109432: Section 9.6 should mention the case that a source package builds the library itself

2001-08-20 Thread Adrian Bunk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.0 Severity: normal Section 9.6 of the policy says about debian/shlibs.local: This file is intended only as a _temporary_ fix if your binaries or libraries depend on a library whose package does not