Ian Jackson writes:
> I agree. These tests should be shipped with the package source (not
> in the .deb file, since most users won't want them).
I am an active tester. Speaking from this viewpoint, your
proposal is excellent, except for the location of the tests. From my
viewpoint it would
On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Philip Hands:
> > It seems a shame to have to ask people to do this sort of thing.
> >
> > It strikes me that one should be able to come up with a script that
> > does a test of this sort in not much more that the time required to
> > write the list (in t
Philip Hands:
> It seems a shame to have to ask people to do this sort of thing.
>
> It strikes me that one should be able to come up with a script that
> does a test of this sort in not much more that the time required to
> write the list (in this simple case at least ;-)
>
> I really think we s
On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Adam P. Harris wrote:
> "Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It seems a shame to have to ask people to do this sort of thing.
>
> Yes! Maybe even against policy? [Followups on this to debian-policy,
> please.]
We are asking, not requiring. If you don't
>> For example, with the diff package:
>>
>> Package: diff - cmp works on identical and different binary or text
>> files - diff works on files, directories, normal or 2 column -
>> sdiff correctly merges two files - diff3 correctly compares 3 files
"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Philip Hands wrote:
>
> > > For example, with the diff package:
> > >
> > > Package: diff
> > > - cmp works on identical and different binary or text files
> > > - diff works on files, directories, normal or 2 column
> > > - sdiff correctly merges two files
> > > - dif
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Philip Hands wrote:
> > For example, with the diff package:
> >
> > Package: diff
> > - cmp works on identical and different binary or text files
> > - diff works on files, directories, normal or 2 column
> > - sdiff correctly merges two files
> > - diff3 correctly compa
> For example, with the diff package:
>
> Package: diff
> - cmp works on identical and different binary or text files
> - diff works on files, directories, normal or 2 column
> - sdiff correctly merges two files
> - diff3 correctly compares 3 files
It seems a shame to have to ask people to d
[ the orig. message is avail at:
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9711/msg01597.html ]
Hi everyone,
I haven't heard many responses about the checklist, so I think it's
time to get started. I'd like to do this in several phases:
I. Get a few required packages for comments
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