Re: strange multiple packages problem + question

1999-07-29 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 08:59:34PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > Source: libsgmls-perl > > Section: text > > Priority: optional > > Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Standards-Version: 2.5.1.0 > > > ... > > dh_gencontrol > > dpkg-con

Re: Again: where to put -doc packages ?

1999-07-29 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [one last try, because nobody answered me] > > Can anybody give me a hint where in the policy/packaging-manual is a > > rule that decides whether -doc packages should go to /doc or, > > toghether with the binary package in /net or /x11 etc. > > > > T

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails

1999-07-29 Thread Adam Rogoyski
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Jor-el wrote: > Maybe I am being unusually dense here, but what proof did you see > that the [EMAIL PROTECTED] id actually belonged to me? For all you know, it > could be the id used by Bill Gates himself, with my name tagged onto it. > Unless you look up my ISP records,

path change.

1999-07-29 Thread Michael Beattie
The upstream source of one of my packages has changed the path within the source tarball. (was .tar.gz/[package]/ now .tar.gz/home/[user]/progs/[package]/temp/ ) what is the best way to handle this? I think that a debian/ dir alongside home/ is ugly. The author moved to rcs on this release.

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails

1999-07-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Buddha" == Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Buddha> I have the ability to generate the fingerprint on any key that I have Buddha> available to me. Therefore, if I had a public key created and signed Buddha> by "John Smith", I could in fact generate the fingerprint for that key.

unregistered virtual package name 'ispell-dictionary'

1999-07-29 Thread David Coe
Quick question: The various ispell dictionary packages iamerican, ibritish, ipolish, etc. all provide the virtual package 'ispell-dictionary', but that virtual package name isn't listed in ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.text -- should it be?

should I have my pgp key signed by a local maintainer?

1999-07-29 Thread David Coe
When I submitted my application I attached a scanned license and passport as requested, because I didn't know any local debian maintainers (still don't). I recently read something in -devel that implied this could delay processing my application even more than usual. Should I find someone(s) to s

Re: unregistered virtual package name 'ispell-dictionary'

1999-07-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 04:44:55PM +, David Coe wrote: > The various ispell dictionary packages iamerican, ibritish, ipolish, > etc. all provide the virtual package 'ispell-dictionary', but that > virtual package name isn't listed in > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/virtua

Re: should I have my pgp key signed by a local maintainer?

1999-07-29 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 04:51:53PM +, David Coe wrote: > When I submitted my application I attached a scanned > license and passport as requested, because I didn't > know any local debian maintainers (still don't). > > I recently read something in -devel that implied this > could delay process

Re: should I have my pgp key signed by a local maintainer?

1999-07-29 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 04:51:53PM +, David Coe wrote: > I recently read something in -devel that implied this > could delay processing my application even more than > usual. Many people talk more than they know, even on Debian lists. I don't know if this particular statement is true or not,