Bug#641153: document Built-Using field for binary packages

2012-07-14 Thread Charles Plessy
user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org tags 641153 - patch usertags 641153 seconded thanks Le Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 09:01:47PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder a écrit : > > Here's the same patch with the above fixes applied. Sensible? Thanks for the corrections. The patch is seconded by me, Russ and Ans

Processed: Re: Bug#641153: document Built-Using field for binary packages

2012-07-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was ple...@debian.org). > tags 641153 - patch Bug #641153 [debian-policy] document Built-Using field for binary packages Removed tag(s) patch. > usertags 641

Processed: Re: Bug#681562: debian-policy: Consolidate the definition of the "base system".

2012-07-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was ple...@debian.org). > usertags 681562 + informative issue Bug#681562: debian-policy: Consolidate the definition of the "base system". There were no usert

Bug#681562: debian-policy: Consolidate the definition of the "base system".

2012-07-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Dear all, the "base system" is defined in section 3.7 (chapter 3 describes binary packages). It consists of packages of priorities "required" and "important", and these priorities are defined in section 2.5 (chapter 2 describes the Debian archive). The

Processed: Re: Bug#654958: debian-policy: Document VCS fields.

2012-07-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was ple...@debian.org). > usertags 654958 + seconded Bug#654958: debian-policy: Document VCS fields. Usertags were: normative. Usertags are now: normative se

Bug#654958: debian-policy: Document VCS fields.

2012-07-14 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 22:51:12 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Thanks again for your help. I've applied all suggested changes. > Interdiff and updated patch attached. Seconded. thanks, guillem signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#681289: debian-policy: Changelog and copyright should be package metadata

2012-07-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover writes: > Also although my initial motivation was to solve the binNMU+multiarch > case, I consider it now it's a worthwhile change by itself, regardless > of how the binNMU+multiarch problem ends up being solved. I'm inclined to agree, particularly with an eye to the whole doc dire

Bug#681289: debian-policy: Changelog and copyright should be package metadata

2012-07-14 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 23:29:48 +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: > * Raphael Hertzog [2012-07-13 09:00 +0200]: > > Guillem introduced the --control-list and --control-show interfaces … > > > > If … , we should IMO create a new package that will hook into dpkg > > --post-invoke and … > > > > … should create

Re: Streamlining the policy process

2012-07-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:12:51PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > Jonathan Nieder writes: > > > Question > > > > I'm happy to hear you have ideas for a smoother policy process. Could > > you suggest a few? Maybe we can batch them up and make a general > > resolution. :) > > I think t

Bug#681289: debian-policy: Changelog and copyright should be package metadata

2012-07-14 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 09:00:59 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > In any case, I believe we should create dpkg --changelog > and dpkg --copyright as the canonical end-user interface. I've mentioned this several times now, I've something similar to that alreadyd implemented locally. I just didn't incl