Bug#850729: debian-policy: Documenting special version number suffixes

2017-01-10 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 07:15:57PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > ~deb+ > Backport to the given (num1) distribution. ^^^ bpo Regards, Rene

Re: package versions with snapshots/branch updates (was: Re: Accepted gcc-5 5.3.1-21 (source) into unstable)

2016-05-30 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:40:32PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:00:28AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > > > e.g. if you have a package 1.0 and add a complete branch update as a > > > > patch > > > > (or upgrade to a snapsh

Re: package versions with snapshots/branch updates (was: Re: Accepted gcc-5 5.3.1-21 (source) into unstable)

2016-05-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 01:37:00AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 07:44:11PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > e.g. if you have a package 1.0 and add a complete branch update as a patch > > (or upgrade to a snapshot) one should do a 1.0+gitYYYDDM

package versions with snapshots/branch updates (was: Re: Accepted gcc-5 5.3.1-21 (source) into unstable)

2016-05-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, I have seen various packages (mostly from the same maintainer, though) which do branch updates in a imho wrong way. Updates to a stable branch fixes or backporting fixes is OK. I don't deny that or so. But the package IMHO should have a correct version then. e.g. if you have a package 1.0 an

Re: Bug#610298: phasing out tar-in-tar in source packages

2011-01-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:49:49AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > process, are a bit of a PITA. They are particularly so for tools who want to > do > source code analyses on the code shipped by debian (e.g. the recently started > DACA project) but, more generally, violate a good faith assumpti

Bug#578421: virtual-packages: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler and java-virtual-machine

2010-04-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 08:33:12PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > [java{,2}-compiler] > - default-jdk. If used in an alternative in Build-Depends{,-Indep} then pick > one of the options (The Java Team recommends default-jdk). And what are you going to do as replacement for "whatever Java comp

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-24 Thread Rene Engelhard
Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > Joerg Jaspert wrote: > The real problem here is that FTP masters require the list of copyright > holders to be up-to-date each time the package goes through NEW. > Whatever justification exists for this requirement, I???m starting to find > it unaccepta

Re: Policy restriction to depend on font packages

2008-07-15 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Some of them: fontconfig-config, blender, openjdk-6-jre, > openoffice.org-core, vlc. And, as I understand, it leads to 93 bugs of > "serious" severity and yet another pain for release team. ttf-opensymbol comes out of openoffice.org itself (easily checkable) and i

mozilla-* / myspell-* and their Provides: / Suggests:

2003-12-30 Thread Rene Engelhard
[ Cc' ing dictionaries-common devel list and the Maintainers of programs using myspell ] Hi, me again with more mass-bug-filing potential :) $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser | grep Provides: Provides: www-browser, mozilla-1.3 $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser-snapshot | grep Provides: Provides:

Re: Mass bug filing potential: (x-)www-browser Provides

2003-12-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Rene Engelhard wrote: > I am not sure I like #172436. Hmm. I am beginning to like it Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: Mass bug filing potential: (x-)www-browser Provides

2003-12-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:40:23PM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > [ Cc: ing debian-policy wrt virtual-packages-list ] > > > > Hi, > > > > We want to suggest Browsers for X (those providing the x-www-browser > > alternativ

Re: Mass bug filing potential: (x-)www-browser Provides

2003-12-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Rene Engelhard wrote: > x-www-browser isn't listed in virtual-packages-list, though. Maybe it > should be added. Would make sense IMHO. [ To be consequent, > text-www-browser would then make sense, too ...] > [...] > So is there a consensus to mass-file bugs to let

Mass bug filing potential: (x-)www-browser Provides

2003-12-13 Thread Rene Engelhard
[ Cc: ing debian-policy wrt virtual-packages-list ] Hi, We want to suggest Browsers for X (those providing the x-www-browser alternative): But: $ grep-available -FProvides x-www-browser | grep Package: Package: mozilla-firebird $ grep-available -FProvides www-browser | grep Package: Package: d

Bug#203728: debian-policy: please add virtual package myspell-dictionary

2003-07-31 Thread Rene Engelhard
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.0 Severity: wishlist virtual-package-list.txt.gz says: "1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what other changes you wish to make, and file a wish list bug against the package debian-policy." Here it is :) [ sorry for the dupl

New virtual package: myspell-dictionary?

2003-07-31 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, I forgot that doing before, so forgive me sending this mail now and not earlier... ;) "Packages MUST NOT use virtual package names (except privately, amongst a cooperating group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and appear in this list." OK, as the procedure describes, here I am