Bug#543417: README.source patch system documentation requirements considered harmful

2009-08-26 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Raphael Hertzog hert...@debian.org (25/08/2009): That's my point. Without README.source (assuming the rules are changed to not force the creation of that file for common patch systems), seeing debian/patches/ is not enough to know if the patches

Bug#543417: README.source patch system documentation requirements considered harmful

2009-08-26 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:33:14PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Hi Policy hackers. I feel there is a problem with §4.14 (Source package handling: debian/README.source) that is a little harmful at present. Basically, I feel that assuming that all

Bug#192571: Mejora del email.

2009-08-26 Thread Universidad de Extremadura
Estimado dueño de la cuenta de unex.es,  Este mensaje es de centro de la mensajería de Universidad de Extremadura a todos los dueños de la cuenta de correo electrónico de unex.es. La oficina  de La tecnología de la información está en curso de migración todas las  cuentas de correo electrónico

Bug#543417: README.source patch system documentation requirements considered harmful

2009-08-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Raphael Geissert geiss...@debian.org writes: Bill Allombert wrote: 3) If a package is lacking debian/README.source, then one should expect that the source is ready to be used. If it not the case, even an empty debian/README.source is better than none. What would an empty README.source

debian-policy 3.8.3.0 MIGRATED to testing

2009-08-26 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the debian-policy source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 3.8.2.0 Current version: 3.8.3.0 -- This email is automatically generated once a day. As the installation of new packages into testing happens multiple times a day you will

Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

2009-08-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 04:25:37PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Given that devscripts, lintian, and the dev-ref all advocate or implement +nmu\d+, and that debhelper and cdbs look at the hyphen for determining native vs non-native, I have tried to do so. I think the

Re: Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

2009-08-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:01:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: 3) the developers reference also advocates adding +codename\d+. It also advocates using exactly the same tar.gz file as already in the archive. I propose that we carve out a version number space that reserves

Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

2009-08-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Aug 26 2009, Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 04:25:37PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Given that devscripts, lintian, and the dev-ref all advocate or implement +nmu\d+, and that debhelper and cdbs look at the hyphen for determining native vs non-native,