Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
> Having looked into this a little more, I now think that simple > misunderstanding may be why this turned into a major debate. The > original wishlist said something like, "please have dpkg follow > policy." Of course, what Thomas meant was, "please copy the style > mentioned in policy for some

Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Waters
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:15:34PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Chris Waters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I could say I want guidance from policy on what color of shirt I wear > > to my next LUG meeting. That doesn't mean it's a matter for policy. > Well, I'm not sure that irony is the

Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Chris Waters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:20:19AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > No shenanigans here. The dpkg maintainer says that he wants guidance > > from policy. > > I could say I want guidance from policy on what color of shirt I wear > to my next LUG me

Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, wrote: > I have no intention of using policy to "beat anyone on the head". > To repeat, the dpkg maintainer _asked_ for policy guidance. That is > why he reassigned #254998 to debian-policy. You reassigned it back > to dpkg on the grounds that there was no "bug" in policy.

Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Waters
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:20:19AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No shenanigans here. The dpkg maintainer says that he wants guidance > from policy. I could say I want guidance from policy on what color of shirt I wear to my next LUG meeting. That doesn't mean it's a matter for policy. > H

Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg

2005-02-14 Thread jdthood
> Fuck no. You are the one who resorted to bureaucratic > shennaigans to convince dpkg maintainers to change the way it works, > rather than trying and convince them that your way is right. No shenanigans here. The dpkg maintainer says that he wants guidance from policy. He wrote: Ac