Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote: > In that vein, perhaps the best policy is to not require the package > maintainer to file a bug report himself/herself. This part was changed in my new version: If no manual page is available, this is considered as a bug and should be reporte

Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 21, Chris Waters wrote: > I think that the old policy of using undocumented(7) made it too easy > for people to ignore the requirement to have a *real* man page, and I > think this proposal (without editorial commentary) will go a long way > toward addressing that issue, since undocumented(7

Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Waters
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wow! You've utterly bypassed the whole policy issue with a brilliant idea! Well, no (though that was my first reaction too). We still should have a policy regarding the *default* menu layout, and it still makes sense to have it separate from the menu packa

Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Waters
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would be willing to support this proposal with the following > additional sentence included: > "It is not very hard to write a manual page; see the example manual > page provided by dh_make for a template." I disagree (mildly). Policy should state

Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints

1999-06-21 Thread joost witteveen
Je 1999/06/20(0)/13:06, Edward Betts montris sian geniecon skribante: > On debian-policy, joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I've just released menu-2.0. It has many new features, one of > > wich is the automatic optimization of the menu tree, using > > something I'v

Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints

1999-06-21 Thread joost witteveen
Je 1999/06/19(6)/23:06, Richard Braakman montris sian geniecon skribante: > joost witteveen wrote: > > forcetree > > Apps/Sound > > endforcetree > > Is it also possible to specify that a menu (such as Apps) must have only > submenus? Mixed menus seem cluttered and I find them hard to use. At t

Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints

1999-06-21 Thread joost witteveen
Je 1999/06/20(0)/12:06, Joseph Carter montris sian geniecon skribante: > On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 02:50:51PM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > > Would it be possible to group menu items that would be together, just do > > > not > > > put them in the menu? So my menu would become: > > > > > > Ap

Bug#39830: PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 21, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > > I would be willing to support this proposal with the following > > additional sentence included: > > > > "It is not very hard to write a manual page; see the example manual > > page provided by dh_make for a tem

Bug#39830: PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote: > I would be willing to support this proposal with the following > additional sentence included: > > "It is not very hard to write a manual page; see the example manual > page provided by dh_make for a template." I fully agree with the first part of thi

Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 20, Chris Waters wrote: > Yes, this seems like a reasonable and satisfactory proposal, I will second. I would be willing to support this proposal with the following additional sentence included: "It is not very hard to write a manual page; see the example manual page provided by dh_make fo

Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Waters
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Bug#39831: FSSTND refers to an inaccessible file, namely, device-list

1999-06-21 Thread Chris Fearnley
Package: debian-policy Version: 2.5.1.0 In the /dev section of the FSSTND (/usr/doc/debian-policy/fsstnd/fsstnd-1.2.txt.gz) the following text is found: ``All device special files should follow the standard in that document, which is available via anonymous ftp at ftp.yggdrasil.com in /pub/device