Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 16 sep 11, 00:48:25, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > I wonder if there should be a separate mailing list to Cc: such > bug reports. (debian-dependency-inquisitors@, perhaps?) I don't think dependencies need any special handling compared to other bug reports. In cases where you don't

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Andrei Popescu writes: > On Lu, 11 iul 11, 14:51:48, William Hopkins wrote: > Old thread, but still... >> Absolutely! Easy to find examples with apt-cache rdepends dbus. I >> would posit that nearly all packages that depend on DBUS should >> actually depend on libdbus{,-c++,-java,-

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
Old thread, but still... On Lu, 11 iul 11, 14:51:48, William Hopkins wrote: > > Absolutely! Easy to find examples with apt-cache rdepends dbus. I would posit > that nearly all packages that depend on DBUS should actually depend on > libdbus{,-c++,-java,-ruby}. Do these packages (such as rhythmbox

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-09-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 12 iul 11, 00:33:18, shawn wilson wrote: > i'm not the op (obviously) however, would it be possible to override a > package's dependancies using apt-file with specific prerequisites? ie, > if i wanted to tell every package that required libc6 to go ahead and > install ignoring libc6 (knowing

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-11 Thread shawn wilson
i'm not the op (obviously) however, would it be possible to override a package's dependancies using apt-file with specific prerequisites? ie, if i wanted to tell every package that required libc6 to go ahead and install ignoring libc6 (knowing that i'd eventually break every new package) could i?

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/07/11 04:57, William Hopkins wrote: > On 07/11/11 at 11:52am, Camale�n wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:43:45 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: >> >>> Listers, looking for a little community input: >>> >>> What is the best way to get answers on Debian po

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-11 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/11/11 at 11:52am, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:43:45 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > > > Listers, looking for a little community input: > > > > What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have > > had some issues I'

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-11 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/11/11 at 07:19am, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-07-11 04:43 +0200, William Hopkins wrote: > > > If you're curious, the issue I've been having is regarding package > > dependencies. Some packages seem to have extraneous dependencies outside of > > what is strictly required (package build tool

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:43:45 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > Listers, looking for a little community input: > > What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have > had some issues I'd like to get a policy answer on or possibly provide > input (aka, my

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-11 04:43 +0200, William Hopkins wrote: > If you're curious, the issue I've been having is regarding package > dependencies. Some packages seem to have extraneous dependencies outside of > what is strictly required (package build tools will tell you what is strictly > required). Packages

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-10 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/10/11 at 10:53pm, shawn wilson wrote: > how about 'apt-cache policy ' Er, I think this shows your current settings for version preference/pinning. I was referring to policy in terms of the debian maintainer policy, uploader policy, etc. -- Liam signature.asc Description: Digital signatur

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-10 Thread shawn wilson
un, Jul 10, 2011 at 22:43, William Hopkins wrote: >> Listers, looking for a little community input: >> >> What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have had >> some >> issues I'd like to get a policy answer on or possibly provide input (aka

Re: Debian Policy questions

2011-07-10 Thread shawn wilson
how about 'apt-cache policy ' On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 22:43, William Hopkins wrote: > Listers, looking for a little community input: > > What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have had > some > issues I'd like to get a policy answer on

Debian Policy questions

2011-07-10 Thread William Hopkins
Listers, looking for a little community input: What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have had some issues I'd like to get a policy answer on or possibly provide input (aka, my $0.02) for. If you're curious, the issue I've been having is regarding packa