Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Oohara Yuuma
[Please Cc: to me because I am not subscribed to the list.] On Fri, 10 May 2002 17:26:11 +0200, Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Writing useful descriptions (already done) include the URL of the upstream webpage if available -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer PGP

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I suggests: > * Multiple configure-make cycles FWIW, vim is a fun example of how to do that easily. Wichert. -- _ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAI

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:26:11PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > * Handling debconf translations (Denis Barbier will write it) > * Managing multiple patches > * Writing useful descriptions (already done) > * Providing customized configuration files I suggests: * Multiple configure-make cycles F

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, May 10, 2002 at 12:14:03PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman écrivait: > I haven't seen this document yet, but if it doesn't already include a > section about spell checking, it should. Mention particularly the -g option > of ispell which makes checking descriptions very easy. I'll add it, thanks. C

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-10 Thread Grant Bowman
* Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020510 09:59]: > There is, I have just realised, a middle way, which satisfies your > concerns and mine. There is an official list, maintained by you, and > for convenience, the information could be included in policy, with the > note that the official list can

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Andreas Metzler
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > For example, for the > "Managing multiple patches" we certainly should mention "dbs" and > some example source packages that use it (or another similar system). [...] hello-dbs seems to be a real good starting point to use dbs (at least it was fo

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:26:11PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > * Writing useful descriptions (already done) I haven't seen this document yet, but if it doesn't already include a section about spell checking, it should. Mention particularly the -g option of ispell which makes checking descrip

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:26:11PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > I need your input to find all the subjects that should be treated in that > chapter. To give you a feeling of what it should be, here are examples > of things that will be integrated : > > * Handling debconf translations (Denis Bar

Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
[ reply-to set to debian-project ] Hello, as you may have seen, we're (well mostly me and Adam, but any help is greatly appreciated) in the process of updating the Debian Developer's Reference ... I have fixed in cvs most of the bugs (they are marked pending), so it's time to work on the chapter

Re: Fwd: Is it possible to unsubscribe from the debian-users list?

2002-05-10 Thread Martin Schulze
Rick Younie wrote: > Michael Beattie wrote: > > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:28:27AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: foo > >> > >> which [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> will return the lists I'm subscribed to. You

Re: Fwd: Is it possible to unsubscribe from the debian-users list?

2002-05-10 Thread Rick Younie
Michael Beattie wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:28:27AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: foo >> >> which [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> will return the lists I'm subscribed to. You can try other >> likely addresses wit

Re: Fwd: Is it possible to unsubscribe from the debian-users list?

2002-05-10 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:14:46AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > > We run majordomo? or is smartlist schizophrenic now? > > To be precise, it is called MajorSmart and provides a Majordomo-like > interface to Smartlist. As I thought, schizophrenic. :> Cool, I did not know this. Mike. -- Michae

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-10 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:48:28AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > My suggestion for a > > policy rewrite it to move to the standard RFC uses of MUST and SHOULD, > > and indication RC-ness in an orthogonal way. > > In short, this isn't going to happen. There'll be a separate document, > maintained

Re: Fwd: Is it possible to unsubscribe from the debian-users list?

2002-05-10 Thread Martin Schulze
Michael Beattie wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:28:27AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: foo > > > > which [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > will return the lists I'm subscribed to. You can try other > > likely addresses wit

Re: Fwd: Is it possible to unsubscribe from the debian-users list?

2002-05-10 Thread Michael Beattie
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:28:27AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: foo > > which [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > will return the lists I'm subscribed to. You can try other > likely addresses with which. I think one of From: or