tags 481966 + patch quit Hi again,
Sorry for the slow response. Samuel Bronson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This package does not include a reference manual for bash. It >> only includes the distributable documentation: the example >> scripts and startup files and the main changelog. > > Ah, yes, that's a much clearer description of what the package > contains. It might also be a good idea to mention why the manual > itself isn't distributable, though -- probably best done by linking to > bug #357260 and possibly to the General Resolution about the GFDL > <http://www.us.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001>. Hmm, I prefer not to go into so much depth. How about this? -- 8< -- Subject: debian/control: be more precise about the content of bash-doc It feels bad to punt like this and point to a web page (what about systems with poor connectivity?). But - there doesn't seem to be a bash-doc-nonfree package in the Debian archive; - a freer replacement manual for bash doesn't seem to even have been started; - pointing to a webpage at least makes it obvious what this bash-doc package does not contain. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> --- debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ debian/control | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 640a0aa..752d4f9 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +bash (4.1-3.0.1) local; urgency=low + + * bash-doc package description: clarify that bashref.info is not + included. Closes: #481966. + + -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:24:33 -0600 + bash (4.1-3) unstable; urgency=low * Apply upstream patches 003, 004, 005. diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 8c26e8e..4caaac3 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ Description: Documentation and examples for the The GNU Bourne Again SHell commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh). . - This package contains the distributable documentation, all the - examples and the main changelog. + This package provides the Bash manual page, example scripts and + startup files, and the main changelog. The full reference manual, + which is not part of Debian due to restrictions on modification, can + be found online at http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/ Package: bashdb Architecture: any -- 1.7.4.rc2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
