Re: Size of Optional - policy and name for new Priority

1999-03-18 Thread Jonathan P Tomer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I like 'Useful', personally. > > I don't feel strongly, though. I *definitely* like the idea. > > I would also like to see some QA standards for the higher priorities. 'useful' is nice, but it does carry a bit more weight than we wanted (not to m

Re: Size of Optional - policy and name for new Priority

1999-03-18 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ideas I have had so far are: > >Usual > >Common > >Better > >Good > >Useful > >Widespread > >Commended > > Of these `Commended' in the best, IMHO. Perhaps `Core' even if that may > sound like more important than `Sta

Re: Is HTML compressed?

1999-03-18 Thread Peter S Galbraith
[I've been away, so sorry for the late post] Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a package with _loads_ of .html files, but I can't see if they > should be compressed or not. Guy Maor wrote: > Practically every viewer and server can handle gzipped files. Where > things bre

Size of Optional - policy and name for new Priority

1999-03-18 Thread Kristoffer . Rose
Ian proposes: > It's clear that Optional is far too large. Although we nominally say > that packages for which you need to have a special requirement before > you want to install them should go in Extra, this rule hasn't been > well enforced, and is in any case contentious. I agree...in fact I'd

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1999-03-18 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 34652 Policy is not clear enough about nawk. Bug#34652: [PROPOSAL] Policy is not clear about nawk. Changed bug title. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Ian Jackson (administrator, Debian bugs databas

Bug#34652: PROPOSAL] Policy is not clear about nawk.

1999-03-18 Thread Santiago Vila
retitle 34652 Policy is not clear enough about nawk. thanks On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Richard Braakman wrote: > Santiago Vila wrote: > > The bug: > > === > > > > The /usr/doc/debian-policy/virtual-package-names-list.text.gz file says: > > > > awk Anything providing suitable /

Re: FOUND IT!!! was Re: Problems with dselect...

1999-03-18 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Ian Jackson wrote: > Santiago Vila writes ("Re: FOUND IT!!! was Re: Problems with dselect..."): > > A Pre-depend on an optional package is not a mistake as such (provided > > the Pre-Depend itself is jutified enough, of course). > > Perhaps this policy should be changed. The

Re: Size of Optional - policy and name for new Priority

1999-03-18 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Ian Jackson wrote: > It's clear that Optional is far too large. Although we nominally say > that packages for which you need to have a special requirement before > you want to install them should go in Extra, this rule hasn't been > well enforced, and is in any case contentio

pending normal debian bugs for Debian Policy List

1999-03-18 Thread Nag
Maintainer: Debian Policy List Severity: normal Status: pending This mail is being sent to you because the indicated bug reports have been marked as overdue (i.e. has been open longer than 9 months). Overdue reminders are repeated monthly. #8221 debian-policy ispell suggests non-ex