Re: Rewriting policy soonish if poss.

2002-07-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:31:26AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 08:40:13AM -0600, Julian Gilbey wrote: I'd like to rewrite policy soonish. Into what, exactly? Last time this came up we had a nice flamewar about it, but didn't seem to resolve anything -- does it

Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

2002-07-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:28:56PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 09:20:03PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: It seems pointless given that you can't actually depend on the package and expect it to do anything in particular - the package seems to serve no purpose. I mean,

Re: Rewriting policy soonish if poss.

2002-07-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 05:34:52PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: I think this makes a lot of conceptual sense. However, I don't think that having three separate documents necessarily makes sense from a reader's or editor's point of view. I'm inclined to disagree: I don't see there being

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2002-07-28 Thread Sandy
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Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

2002-07-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 12:27:38PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: I wouldn't say so. For example, a C compiler ought to provide /usr/bin/cc in some form or another, You're talking about an alternative for /usr/bin/cc. A thing that compiles C source code into object files is a C compiler regardless

Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

2002-07-28 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: Branden These appear to be equally valid arguments against all Branden other virtual packages in Debian. To mee this is simply an argument that the description entry in the virtual packages list should be carefully written

make it official

2002-07-28 Thread Branden Robinson
retitle 154142 [PROPOSED] dhcp-client virtual package reassign 154142 debian-policy severity 154142 wishlist thanks --- virtual-package-names-list.txt~ 2002-07-28 13:11:31.0 -0500 +++ virtual-package-names-list.txt 2002-07-28 13:13:37.0 -0500 @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ awk

Processed: make it official

2002-07-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: retitle 154142 [PROPOSED] dhcp-client virtual package Bug#154142: etherconf only depends on dhcp-client Changed Bug title. reassign 154142 debian-policy Bug#154142: [PROPOSED] dhcp-client virtual package Bug reassigned from package `etherconf' to

Re: make it official

2002-07-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 28, Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am seeking seconds for this proposal. Seconded. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

2002-07-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:00:55PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: all other) case. Perhaps something like DHCP clients compatible with ifup/ifdown dead in the water. I doubt that providing a description as you suggest will do

Re: make it official

2002-07-28 Thread michael d. ivey
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:14:57PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I am seeking seconds for this proposal. seconded. -- michael d. ivey[McQ] : Every artist was first an amateur. [EMAIL PROTECTED] : -- Ralph Waldo Emerson http://gweezlebur.com/~ivey/ : encrypted

Re: make it official

2002-07-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:14:57PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: --- virtual-package-names-list.txt~ 2002-07-28 13:11:31.0 -0500 +++ virtual-package-names-list.txt 2002-07-28 13:13:37.0 -0500 @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ awk Anything providing suitable

Re: make it official

2002-07-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Matt Zimmerman wrote: The only possible issue that I can see is that the introduction of this virtual package would leave no way to depend specifically on the ISC DHCP client 2.x, which is currently named dhcp-client. You could take advantage of the fact that dpkg doesn't support

Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

2002-07-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 12:57:19PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 12:27:38PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: a mail transport agent ought to provide a /usr/sbin/sendmail implementation Only if policy says so. In and of itself this isn't a requirement mandated by the fact

Bug#154660: FTBFS: missing build-dependencies

2002-07-28 Thread Randolph Chung
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.1 Severity: serious The debian-policy package is missing a build-dependency on docbook-utils; the package does not build from source. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]