Re: Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases

1998-11-28 Thread Bob Hilliard
Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If "do not modify a configuration file of another package" is just a > > general rule, it should be clear how many exceptions to the rule are > > there. > > There are no exceptions. I think there is at least one exception: (from version 2.

Bug#29770: marked as done (Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases)

1998-11-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases

1998-11-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Since /etc/aliases is not a conf file belonging to any package whatsoever, sectiosn 4.7 and 5.5 are not in conflict. I am closing this report. manoj -- Fortune's Law of the Week (this week, from Kentucky): No female shall appear in a bathing suit at any airport in this S

Re: Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy

1998-11-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The idea is that while sub policy documents are being hammered >> out, they remain in an xternal document under control of the authors >> of the sub

Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases

1998-11-28 Thread Adam Di Carlo
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have discovered a little inconsistency in the policy. > Section 5.5, "Mail transport agents" says: >"/etc/aliases is the source file for the system mail aliases > (e.g., postmaster, usenet, etc.)--it is the one whic

Re: Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy

1998-11-28 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[Manoj, why do you never CC the bug report? Annoying.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi >>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Santiago> Would there be any objection to including the content of Santiago> debian-emacs-policy.gz

Re: Fixes (in terms of bugs)

1998-11-28 Thread Adam Di Carlo
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] (major crosspost) > Previously Julian Gilbey wrote: >> See my other mail to this list -- this is what release quite >> happily does, and its man page doesn't say anything about it being >> evil. Where would I (as a

priorities and package relations

1998-11-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
A while ago someone (Santiago iirc) filed a bugreport about packages depending on other packages with a lower priority. This made me wonder about allowed relations between packages. Reading the policy document does not give any explicit demands. The only thing that I am sure of is that a package m