Bug#639663: [debian-policy] Please provide upgrading-checklist via web

2011-08-29 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Hi. It would be useful to have a copy of the HTML version of upgrading-checklist somewhere on the web. This could, for example, be linked from the PTS when some package's Standards-Version has to be upgraded. In #485085 the problem of the links from

Bug#487201:

2011-08-29 Thread PJ Weisberg
On Sunday, August 28, 2011, Ximin Luo infini...@gmx.com wrote: On 28/08/11 02:33, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:00:33AM +0100, Ximin Luo wrote: If you were to write a program that could report the copyright status of every single file on the system, it would be weird if you

Bug#487201:

2011-08-29 Thread Ximin Luo
On 29/08/11 09:20, PJ Weisberg wrote: On Sunday, August 28, 2011, Ximin Luo infini...@gmx.com wrote: On 28/08/11 02:33, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:00:33AM +0100, Ximin Luo wrote: If you were to write a program that could report the copyright status of every single file

Processed: block 485085 with 639663

2011-08-29 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: block 485085 with 639663 Bug #485085 [qa.debian.org] qa.debian.org: TODO page debian policy check list Was not blocked by any bugs. Added blocking bug(s) of 485085: 639663 thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Bug#487201: MPL in common-licenses and convenience of packaging mozilla extensions

2011-08-29 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Ximin Luo wrote: I don't think disk space is an issue these days I think that's the real point of disagreement here, for what it's worth. common-licenses is part of base-files, which is included on every Debian installation. Some do need to be small. (No opinion on whether the MPL

Bug#487201: MPL in common-licenses and convenience of packaging mozilla extensions

2011-08-29 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Allowing debian/copyright to rely on files _other_ than the common licenses in base-files would be a larger and different change, so off-topic for this bug. Unless done carefully, I don't think it's a good idea. It's important to remember that

Bug#487201: MPL in common-licenses and convenience of packaging mozilla extensions

2011-08-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:36:45AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Allowing debian/copyright to rely on files _other_ than the common licenses in base-files would be a larger and different change, so off-topic for this bug. Unless done carefully, I don't think it's a good idea. And FWIW, since

Bug#609160: debian-policy: include DEP5

2011-08-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 07:42:23PM -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:30:34PM +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 04:41:28PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: given that DEP 5 is still in the CANDIDATE state, and given that the change is not

Bug#609160: debian-policy: include DEP5

2011-08-29 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:24:47AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: I do not know how to write this diplomatically, and my request to have my patch applied was a clumsy way to re-open the discussion without mentionning the above email, but if 1) the only changes before the DEP is accepted are

Bug#609160: debian-policy: include DEP5

2011-08-29 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Lars Wirzenius wrote: After the policy team takes over maintenance of the DEP5 spec, you can use the policy process to suggest changes to it. The DEP5 spec is already in the policy repo. Is there any reason not to move to that way of working now (which does not imply anything about when