Bug#932623: release note should include an example deb line for security

2021-04-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:13:51PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > For bullseye we > already mention that the layout of the security archive changed. Does > that fulfill your request (for bullseye)? Bug submitter here. It does, thank you. This issue can be closed. Greetings Marc

Bug#988472: install-mbr doesnt create a partition

2021-05-13 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: minor Hi, Chapter 4.3.3.1 of the release notes suggest using install-mbr /dev/sdX followed by mkdosfs /dev/sdX1. On a really blank medium, this doesn't work since install-mbr does NOT create a partition. Greetings Marc

Bug#1033730: adduser changes in bookworm

2023-03-31 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: normal Hi, adduser has changed quite a bit during the bookworm cycle. We have deprecated a few command line and configuration options and have renamed others to be less confusing and a bit more consistent to themselves. There have also been behavioral changes rega

Bug#1033730: [release-notes] adduser changes in bookworm

2023-04-28 Thread Marc Haber
Hi Holger, thanks for your answer. On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 11:00:59PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Maybe we just want some more generic text like: I'm fine with that. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber

Bug#1035401: tmux as an alternative to screen

2023-05-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: minor Hi, the release notes in the "preparing a safe environment" chapter recommend running in screen. Since tmux has reached some matureness in the mean time, it might be a good idea to mention tmux along screen. Greetings Marc

Bug#1036832: should have update date near the title

2023-05-27 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: minor Hi, while talking to Paul, we have found out that it might be a good idea to teach our users that the release notes DO get updated after the release, something that even I didn't know after 20 years of Debian. Having the date of last update (of the English

Bug#1037203: aide release notes to work around #1037171

2023-06-07 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: normal I am really sorry for this. #1037171 is an embarrassing one, sadly too late for the release, but I'll try to do a fix via spu. Greetings Marc Suggested wording for something along chapter 5.4: Before upgrading your aide packages, create /usr/lib/sysusers.

Bug#1037203: aide release notes to work around #1037171

2023-06-07 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 08:01:23PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > I am really sorry for this. #1037171 is an embarrassing one, sadly too > > late for the release, but I'll try to do a fix via spu. > > I gather from the version data that when the

Bug#1058453: sudo-ldap will go away

2023-12-12 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Control: affects -1 1033728 Hi, Paul suggested that I file this bug as a reminder. The sudo team is considering to remove sudo-ldap after the trixie release. A possible migration path would be to use libsss-sudo instead. See also: https://bugs.debian.or

Bug#932623: release note should include an example deb line for security

2019-07-21 Thread Marc Haber
Package: release-notes Severity: minor Hi, the release notes should contain a chapter about security support, which should explicitly include an example deb line for debian-security. Greetings Marc

dwww: how to include /usr/local/doc

1999-01-10 Thread Marc Haber
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Bug#381100: release-notes: update path for exim => exim4 needs documenting

2006-08-02 Thread Marc Haber
draft text of the release notes to have a style example. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder |

Bug#381100: release-notes: update path for exim => exim4 needs documenting

2006-08-03 Thread Marc Haber
her the exim 3 description upgrade will be allowed into a sarge point release or not. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany |

Bug#397947: developers-reference: please suggest that all network services should bind to 127.0.0.1 by default

2006-11-10 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.7 Severity: wishlist In my opinion, the developers' reference should suggest that network services should bind to 127.0.0.1 only by default and not be reachable from external hosts without explicit configuration by the local user (which might be debconf-d

Bug#399028: developers-reference: best practices to create and delete system accounts

2006-11-17 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.7 Severity: normal The information collected in http://wiki.debian.org/AccountHandlingInMaintainerScripts should eventually be put into the developer's reference, chapter 6.5. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unst

Bug#475531: developers-reference: chapter 4.1.3 gives wrong host for debian-private archives

2008-04-11 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.9 Severity: normal Hi, chapter 4.1.3 suggests that the archives for debian-private are located on lists.debian.org. As a mere mortal DD, one cannot log in to lists. Instead, the archive can be found on master. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Deb

Bug#484805: developers-reference: please make clone to tech-ctte the default

2008-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.9 Severity: wishlist Generally, it should be preferred to clone a bug to the tech ctte so that it stays visible with the package itself. I therefore suggest re-wording the second paragraph of bullet (2) in chapter 5.8.3 so that it second part will say:

Bug#484804: developers-reference: please add a suggestion to comment a "wontfix"

2008-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.9 Severity: wishlist Hi, #468858 includes one more example of a DD whose social skills are not developed enough to apply a nanogram of common sense and to explain why he doesn't intend to fix a bug. I therefore suggest adding a sentence to the second pa

Bug#484806: developers-reference: please suggest cloning instead of reassingning

2008-06-06 Thread Marc Haber
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.9 Severity: normal Hi, if a bug in package A affects operation of package B, the bug will be re-filed over and over against B if the maintainer of B just reassigns the bug to A. I therefore suggest re-wording the first paragraph of bullet (2) in chapter

Bug#484804: developers-reference: please add a suggestion to comment a "wontfix"

2008-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:26:51AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 06/06/08 at 17:28 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > I therefore suggest adding a sentence to the second paragraph of > > bullet (2) in chapter 5.8.3 so that it will say: > > > > If the bug submitter d

Bug#484805: developers-reference: please make clone to tech-ctte the default

2008-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:28:24AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 06/06/08 at 17:30 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > Package: developers-reference > > Version: 3.3.9 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Generally, it should be preferred to clone a bug to the tech ctte

Bug#484806: developers-reference: please suggest cloning instead of reassingning

2008-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
make sure their bugs are fixed quickly. Some bugs may even Grüße Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder

Bug#1058453: sudo-ldap will go away

2025-06-22 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 01:15:21AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 12:18:41PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: Paul suggested that I file this bug as a reminder. The sudo team is considering to remove sudo-ldap after the trixie release. A possible migration path would be to