Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Pentchev
small issues with the spec. > >>> > >>> - SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. should just use the short > >>> name OFL-1.1 in the License field. > >>> > >>> - As it isn't among the common-licenses, you need to include the full > &g

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] re buildd's resolver and package's build deps

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:27:00PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:45:06AM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:40:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > From discussion on IRC earlier this evening, it looks like the most > > &

Re: [buildd-tools-devel] re buildd's resolver and package's build deps

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
that this is a somewhat contrived case, but still... wouldn't it break, or would that be considered a bug in the packages' dependencies? If the latter, well, wouldn't this leave the maintainer of foo a bit vulnerable against random decisions by the maintainers of bar-dev? G'

Source architecture field?

2010-11-25 Thread Peter Pentchev
;s another kettle of beer) So... should Policy 5.2 also list Architecture in the source stanza, or should #509702 be closed with "unfortunately this is not allowed"? :) (of course, the former option would be preferable if it actually works :) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev

Bug#587279: Bug#603680: libnautilus-extension1: breaks nautilus-share upgrade from lenny

2010-11-19 Thread Peter Pentchev
. With time, free1 either stops to provide the needed functionality or is simply removed; the next version of the package now depends on free2 | non-free 3. At this point, a user tries to upgrade the original package, but on her system there is a package that conflicts with free2... the only choice for APT now is to install the non-free package. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev r...@space.bgr...@ringlet.netr...@freebsd.org PGP key:http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 because I didn't think of a good beginning of it. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Priority dependence

2010-07-19 Thread Peter Pentchev
Priority: extra /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/debiann/control:Priority: extra /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/debians/control:Priority: extra [r...@straylight ~]$ G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev r...@space.bgr...@ringlet.netr...@freebsd.org PGP key:http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roa

Re: some thoughts about package refences in the info files

2010-07-02 Thread Peter Pentchev
rver) Hope that helps! G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev r...@space.bgr...@ringlet.netr...@freebsd.org PGP key:http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 If the meanings of 'true' and 'fa

Bug#530687: [PATCH] bug530687-srivasta: Support for architecture wildcards

2009-09-11 Thread Peter Pentchev
portable. Generally, it should not be used for new > +packages. Also note that the wildcards are not expanded > +then compared, they are simply matched. If G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev r...@ringlet.netr...@space.bgr...@freebsd.org PGP key:http://peop

Re: RFC: Better formatting for long descriptions

2009-04-17 Thread Peter Pentchev
to the *last* item of the text he quoted, not to the whole portion above it :) Thus, IMHO his first "really needed?" question referred specifically to the "ordered lists" item, and the "I don't think they are needed" referred specifically to the "u

Bug#248809: system users

2008-11-21 Thread Peter Pentchev
vsftpd) Isn't this one "special"? They do not add a package-specific user, rather they add a system user with a well-known name to provide anonymous FTP access in the traditional manner. FWIW, proftpd does this too, as, I assume, most other FTP daemons would want to. G

Bug#430649: New proposed wording for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS

2008-01-14 Thread Peter Pentchev
n other languages - even the documentation of the "noopt" tag says so :) Keeping the multi-line version allows people to easily adapt it to their packages. Thus, it is good to have an example showing how to do it the if/then/else way, while possibly mentioning the inline version. G

Bug#418444: debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead

2007-04-12 Thread Peter Pentchev
ariable is deprecated Just a minor typo note - that ought to be 'substitution' with a 't' :) > + since dpkg 1.13.19 substitution variable can be > useful for this purpose. > > Other than that, the patch looks good to me, FWIW :) G&#