retitle 21185 [AMENDMENT 98.09.24] lintian: Lintian gripes about Changelog.html
retitle 25385 [AMENDMENT 98.09.24] please add new architecture
retitle 25911 [AMENDMENT 98.09.24] Policy 5.5 (Log files) should be moved
retitle 26461 [AMENDMENT 98.09.24] obsolete reference to /usr/doc/copyright
done
The following is the final proposal for four changes to the policy
manual. The discussion period will be 10 days, ending after October
4, 1998.
All Section numbers refer to the Policy Manual.
Part 1: (bug#26461)
The part of the fourth paragraph of Section 2.3.8 ("Maintainer
scripts") reading
Luis Francisco Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The question is what should I do. AFAIK, /etc/shells is used to determine
> which shells can be used with chsh. I am not aware of any other use. I think
> it makes perfect sense that shells (un)register themselves in that file upon
> installati
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 06:21:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > [ CC me I'm not on the list! ]
> >
> > Just curious, what will APT's role in slink be? Will it be actively pushed
> > on the new user (ie included on the base disks) or just be anoth
Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 06:21:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > [ CC me I'm not on the list! ]
> >
> > Just curious, what will APT's role in slink be? Will it be actively pushed
> > on the new user (ie included on the base disks) or just be another
> > optional utilit
> > > More info than what we have now w/ nags would be VERY much appreciated.
> > > As
> > > will the 1 mail thing.
> >
> > What more information would you like to see?
>
> Generally what the bug is for one. Those that you sent and I saw in the
> -policy list didn't really tell you anything abo
On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 06:21:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> [ CC me I'm not on the list! ]
>
> Just curious, what will APT's role in slink be? Will it be actively pushed
> on the new user (ie included on the base disks) or just be another
> optional utility?
I plan to include apt in the ba
Hi,
>>"Zed" == Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Zed> 2) I've been waiting for this discussion to play out.
Zed> Are there any further objections, or should I go ahead and post the
Zed> official proposal now?
Please post the official proposal. Remember, there still is a
discuss
On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:06:51PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> Could we have a new revision of the proposal, please?
The current revision specifically allows for the symlinks that
have been discussed. I haven't formalized/bugtracked it yet because
1) I've been short on time,
2)
please make apt the default install method in apt.
this helps a lot. btw: a multi-cdrom-install method is required.
hamm did not fit on one cdrom, slink will not, too.
and if kde is removed from debian, it would be better if they could provide an
extra cd (installable via apt) rather than createin
Hi,
Please submit a wishlist bug against debian-policy with the
title [PROPOSED] This would ensure that your message does not
just get lost in the noise.
This does not by itself guarantee that the proposal shall go
anywhere, of course, unless someone is convinced and pushes
Hi,
>>""Gregor" == "Gregor Hoffleit writes:
Gregor> Should I remove those sparse doc directories and instead
Gregor> install /usr/doc/PACKAGE as link to /usr/doc/python ?
As long as all packages then depend on the package providing
/usr/doc/python, I think this is acceptable.
Hi,
>>"Joseph" == Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why is it so bad to ask for the upstream changelog to be
>> *also* accessible by /usr/doc//changelog.gz, as it always
>> has been on Debian?
Joseph> I don't suppose it is, I just personally see no reason why it
Joseph> must be th
On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 12:00:57PM -0400, Brian White wrote:
> > More info than what we have now w/ nags would be VERY much appreciated. As
> > will the 1 mail thing.
>
> What more information would you like to see?
Generally what the bug is for one. Those that you sent and I saw in the
-policy
On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:36:28AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Joseph> Or at least, I think it's reasonable in the upstream
> Joseph> changelog to be as above, but I think Debian's should remain
> Joseph> changelog.Debian for consistancy's sake.
>
> Why is it so bad to ask for the up
[ CC me I'm not on the list! ]
Just curious, what will APT's role in slink be? Will it be actively pushed
on the new user (ie included on the base disks) or just be another
optional utility?
It seems to me that almost all the new users of hamm are not using APT but
many of the more experianced us
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