Bug#51879: revised proposal: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Joey Hess
Here is my revised text for this proposal. I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a few seconds for it. 2.3.2. The maintainer of a package -- - Every package must have exactly one maintainer at a time. This person - is responsible that the license of the packa

Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Joey Hess
Franklin Belew wrote: > >>> Joey> with the policy of the distribution this package is included > >>> in. > The dangling preposition in the last sentence. > "the distribution this package is included in" should read > "the distribution in which this package is included." Oh, I thought you

Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Mark Baker
On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 11:53:05AM -0600, Zed Pobre wrote: > Well, it's a really obscure nit in the US now that the American > language has become so, uh, relaxed, but... And in every other major English speaking country too... > I believe the official rule is "may not end a sentence with a

Re: Bug#51842: [PROPOSED] closing hole in DFSG that can force you to include some text in advertisement

1999-12-07 Thread Joey Hess
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I beg pardon. As I understand it, to run something by someone > implies getting consent. Is that now what you meant? If run something > by means mention in passing, well and good. Anything beyond that is > undue external influence ;-) Ok, perhaps it wasn't clea

Re: Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Bob Hilliard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > > Franklin Belew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The dangling preposition in the last sentence. > > "the distribution this package is included in" should read > > "the distribution in which this package is included." > > Of course, Shakespea

Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Franklin Belew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The dangling preposition in the last sentence. > "the distribution this package is included in" should read > "the distribution in which this package is included." Of course, Shakespeare happily ended sentences with prepositions, no matter what your g

Re: Bug#51842: [PROPOSED] closing hole in DFSG that can force you to include some text in advertisement

1999-12-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> I said "run by Bruce". I didn't say we had to go petition the Joey> great white god. I beg pardon. As I understand it, to run something by someone implies getting consent. Is that now what you meant? If run something by means

Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

1999-12-07 Thread Franklin Belew
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 03:21:58PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Franklin Belew wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 01:31:55AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> Hi, >"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> Urk. I find this confusing (perhaps I have far too set an idea >>> a