Bug#868497: marked as done (debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files)

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Bug#868497: marked as done (debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files)

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Bug#868497: debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Paul, > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 04:36:55PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: >> I was wondering if a maintainer signed a .dsc file in a package that >> was uploaded (and hence signed) by a sponsor, that the FTP server

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

Sean, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Paul, > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 04:28:03PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: >> My intention was to point someone new to packaging fonts in Debian in >> the direction of an easy path, rather than leaving it up

Bug#868497: debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files

Hello Paul, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 04:36:55PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: > I was wondering if a maintainer signed a .dsc file in a package that > was uploaded (and hence signed) by a sponsor, that the FTP server > would reject the .dsc file for having an invalid signature. The sponsor would

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

Hello Paul, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 04:28:03PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: > My intention was to point someone new to packaging fonts in Debian in > the direction of an easy path, rather than leaving it up to that > person to find things out the hard way--or worse yet, doing things the > hard way.

Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles

On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 16:01 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: [...] > I'd like to restart this discussion.  My understanding is that all the > relevant infrastructure for build profiles is in place, so what's left > is to add some text to policy documenting it. > > Is my understanding correct?  Any

Bug#868497: debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files

Russ, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Paul Hardy writes: > >> ...Debian Policy Manual, Section 5.4, "Debian source control files - .dsc", >> states in the first sentence: > >> "This file consists of a single paragraph, possibly

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

Control: severity 868496 wishlist On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Paul, > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 02:56:24AM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: >> Then would you consider it acceptable to make some mention in a >> footnote to the effect that with

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Processing control commands: > severity 868496 wishlist Bug #868496 [debian-policy] debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'minor' -- 868496: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868496 Debian Bug

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:21:40PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > No, the policy doesn't talk about dh_* and other helpers (except in > footnotes). Right. In a sense, Policy is the reference against which such helpers are developed. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

Hello Paul, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 02:56:24AM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: > Then would you consider it acceptable to make some mention in a > footnote to the effect that with the latest "dh" build tools, it isn't > necessary to have postinst and postrm scripts in the debian directory > for this

Bug#868497: debian-policy: Signed .dsc Files

Paul Hardy writes: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.0.0.4 > Severity: wishlist > Debian Policy Manual, Section 5.4, "Debian source control files - .dsc", > states in the first sentence: > "This file consists of a single paragraph, possibly surrounded by a PGP >

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

Andrey, On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:21 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 09:57:32PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: >> "Font packages must invoke update-fonts-dir on each directory into >> which they install fonts. This invocation must occur in both the >>

Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts

On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 09:57:32PM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: > "Font packages must invoke update-fonts-dir on each directory into > which they install fonts. This invocation must occur in both the > postinst (for all arguments) and postrm (for all arguments except > upgrade) scripts." > >