CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaTue Nov 12 23:05:25 MST 2002
Modified files:
. : policy.sgml
Log message:
Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
postsint.
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaTue Nov 12 23:05:44 MST 2002
Modified files:
debian : changelog
Log message:
Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
postsint.
Herbert == Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Herbert Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So... please either provide a rationale for this optional invocation, in
which case the lintian warning postinst-unsafe-ldconfig stays just a
warning, or remove the clause, in which case the
Branden == Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Branden On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:02PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
You can decide not to log for _your_ package. I certainly am
going to continue to log the compilation for mine.
Branden Well, will you consider placing them in a
Hi,
[Please followup to the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a proposal under consideration for changing the
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the general community is
solicited. I have brought this
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the general community is
Even if I really hate writing man pages, I second this proposal.
I think that a lot o
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
+ There should be a manual page at least for every program. If
+ no manual page is available, this is considered as a bug
Agree. The kde people will have a very hard time...
*t
--
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:10:32AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the general community is
Even if I really
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I personally find the undocumented (7) man page frustrating,
since I expected to see documentation, and was told there was none
after a wait (yes, I had a slow machine). I would have much rather
not had my hopes raised, and that man itself
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:40:21PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I personally find the undocumented (7) man page frustrating,
since I expected to see documentation, and was told there was none
after a wait (yes, I had a slow machine). I would have
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:52:28PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
+ It is not very hard to write a man page. See the url
+ id=http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html;
+ name=Man-Page-HOWTO, ttman(7)/tt, the examples
+ created by
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
+ There should be a manual page at least for every program. If
+ no manual page is available, this is considered as a bug and
+ should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System (the
+ maintainer of the package is allowed
Herbert == Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Herbert Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I personally find the undocumented (7) man page frustrating,
since I expected to see documentation, and was told there was none
after a wait (yes, I had a slow machine). I would have much
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Colin The undocumented(7) page itself can continue to exist. As discussed on
Colin IRC, I'm happy to hack man-db so that it can (configurably) point to
Colin further information in addition to the No manual entry for foo
Colin message.
Andrew == Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Andrew I don't think SGML patches are required anywhere. I also tried
Andrew creating one once, and it's not worth the trouble, especially if your
Andrew editor is not setup to grok SGML and how to break lines correctly. Can
Andrew we make a
Josip == Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Again, I'm happy to leave it to a policy editor to fix the markup if
desired.
Josip Another reason why requiring SGML patches instead of pure content is
Josip wrong...
Why is it wrong? It makes things easier for policy editors,
who,
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: joy Wed Nov 13 09:40:10 MST 2002
Modified files:
. : policy.sgml
Log message:
in the footnote related to ldconfig, split paragraphs per each maintainer
script, and rephrased an
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:17:48AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Branden == Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Branden On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:02PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
You can decide not to log for _your_ package. I certainly am
going to continue to log the
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
There is a proposal under consideration for changing the
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the general community is
solicited. I have brought
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:48:01AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Again, I'm happy to leave it to a policy editor to fix the markup if
desired.
Josip Another reason why requiring SGML patches instead of pure content is
Josip wrong...
Why is it wrong? It makes things easier for
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:41:51AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Colin The undocumented(7) page itself can continue to exist. As discussed on
Colin IRC, I'm happy to hack man-db so that it can (configurably) point to
Colin further information
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:50:12AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
I would prefer not to make that a recommendation. Those
patches are accepted, of course, but I do really prefer sgml diffs. I
am not about to make it a requirement, but I'd rather not recommend
something that goes
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
There is a proposal under consideration for changing the
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the general community is
solicited.
Excuse me?
I have some reservations about this. Along with potential false hopes
during load time, the undocumented page provides pointers to places where
documentation may be found. It may be irritating to people in the know,
but since man is still the most widely known unix documentation interface,
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On 13-Nov-02, 15:22 (CST), Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have some reservations about this. Along with potential false hopes
during load time, the undocumented page provides pointers to places where
documentation may be found. It may be irritating to people in the know,
but since man
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 12:38, Josip Rodin wrote:
The contents of the policy proposals is what matters, how it's formatted
is a really minor technical detail which only distracts IMHO.
I think we should encourage people to submit SGML patches, because this
encourages people to do things like
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:22:58PM -0900, Britton wrote:
I have some reservations about this. Along with potential false hopes
during load time, the undocumented page provides pointers to places where
documentation may be found. It may be irritating to people in the know,
but since man is
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:22:03PM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
Now, if this were my proposal, I might allow a further three days
discussion, out of respect for Manoj. I think three days is more than
adequate for a three-year-old proposal. But at this point, it's
Colin's proposal, and unless
Britton == Britton Leo Kerin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Britton I have some reservations about this. Along with potential
Britton false hopes during load time, the undocumented page provides
Britton pointers to places where documentation may be found. It may
Britton be irritating to people
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:22:58PM -0900, Britton wrote:
Along with potential false hopes during load time, the undocumented
page provides pointers to places where documentation may be found.
An actual man page would do a better job of that. The point of this
proposal is that people should
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 04:25:00PM +0100, Sebastian Rittau wrote:
The main aspect of this proposal is the removed requirement of
including static versions of each library in the corresponding -dev
package. Many modern libraries don't work well as a static library and
usage of static libraries
Chris == Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Chris On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
There is a proposal under consideration for changing the
undocumented(7) man page. The current proposal is included below; it
is not yet the final form; and input of the
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:13:24AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
I've just uploaded man-db 2.4.0-11 with the additional text in the
error message on an experimental basis;
Cool! Go Colin! Yay!
I still think that DDs who can't even be bothered to provide at least
a *paragraph* worth of man page
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:00:27PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Chris == Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Chris since the discussion period IS NOW UP, the text posted by
Chris Manoj to -devel (which incorporates the minor changes) IS
Chris INDEED THE FINAL FORM!
Well, no,
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