Bug#553619: debian-policy: include java policy

2009-11-01 Thread Tom Feiner
Subject: debian-policy: include java policy Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Currently, the java policy is provided as part of the java-common package. However, its not clear if it is an official policy or a work in progress. Is it possible to add the java policy to debi

Re: Bug#553420: debian-policy: Please clarify what is the interface for building binary packages.

2009-11-01 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:44:28PM +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort a écrit : > I think there's consensus not to go in that direction. I personally would hate > it if there were debian/rules written in Perl, Python, shell, make, Ruby... So > I'm happy there are enough constraints in Policy in this are

Bug#553576: Policy should not encourage violation of the FHS

2009-11-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: important Hi, Debian packages should not install files under /var/www. This is not one of the /var directories in the File Hierarchy Standard and is under the control of the local administrator. Packages should not assume that it is the

Bug#553576: Policy should not encourage violation of the FHS

2009-11-01 Thread sean finney
Hi Manoj, On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 02:01:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Whoa. What makes for the situation to be unvoidable? Why > should this ever be needed? What if the (optinal) /var/www is not the > document root, and is not a symlink to the document root? > > I think