Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:00:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Even an otherwise empty package contains metadata files (or > else what good does it do?), and these metadata files need a > copyright file giving the license under which they are distributable, > > So I don't think

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:00:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Even an otherwise empty package contains metadata files (or > else what good does it do?), and these metadata files need a > copyright file giving the license under which they are distributable, > > So I don't thin

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Simon" == Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I Simon> think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal Simon> because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Even

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Simon" == Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I Simon> think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal Simon> because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Even

lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
Package: lintian Severity: normal Hi, lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Simon -- GPG public key available from http://pho

lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
Package: lintian Severity: normal Hi, lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Simon -- GPG public key available from http://ph