Re: Bug#63368: libglide2-v3: Unsatisified Dependancy

2000-05-01 Thread Joseph Carter
On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 02:15:19PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: libglide2-v3 > Version: N/A > Severity: important > > this package depends on the package device3dfx-module which is not > available in the distribution. Please either add this package to the > distribution or pull this

Re: Alternative names in upstream changelogs

2000-05-01 Thread Steve Greenland
On 01-May-00, 00:38 (CDT), Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Greenland wrote: > > Debian policy requires that the upstream changelog be accessible as > > /usr/share/doc//changelog.gz. Some (many?) authors use an > > alternative name for their changelog, with "CHANGES" seeming to be the

I have a beef with policy 3.3.3

2000-05-01 Thread Branden Robinson
It says this: The system administrator will have the opportunity to customize runlevels by either running update-rc.d, by simply adding, moving, or removing the symbolic links in /etc/rcn.d if symbolic links are being used, or by modifying /etc/runlevel.conf if the file-rc method is being used. I

Re: Alternative names in upstream changelogs

2000-05-01 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Greenland wrote: > Debian policy requires that the upstream changelog be accessible as > /usr/share/doc//changelog.gz. Some (many?) authors use an > alternative name for their changelog, with "CHANGES" seeming to be the > most popular. What is the appropriate thing to do? Note that I conside

Re: MUST and SHOULD in policy

2000-05-01 Thread Steve Greenland
On 28-Apr-00, 04:10 (CDT), Anthony Towns wrote: > Comments, seconds, changes, etc appreciated. (I am following this list, > btw) In general, I approve of the concept and the edits you've made. As a matter of esthetics, I think around every occurrance of "must", "should", and "may" is distracti

Alternative names in upstream changelogs

2000-05-01 Thread Steve Greenland
Debian policy requires that the upstream changelog be accessible as /usr/share/doc//changelog.gz. Some (many?) authors use an alternative name for their changelog, with "CHANGES" seeming to be the most popular. What is the appropriate thing to do? 1. Copy to changelog and compress? 2a. Copy as CH