Processed: Bug#45406: [PROPOSAL] Config files must have manpages

2000-06-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 45406 [REJECTED] Config files must have manpages Bug#45406: [REJECTED] Config files must have manpages Changed Bug title. (By the way, that Bug is currently marked as done.) > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assi

Bug#13353: marked as done ([OLD PROPOSAL] Keywords field for packages)

2000-06-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 20 Jun 2000 02:31:49 +0100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#13353: Keywords field for packages has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now

Re: Parseable copyright files

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 10:40:41AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Copyright: Joe Programmer and Bob Hacker, 1996-1999 > > What if you have as many copyright holders as dosemu? And another killer of a question I just realised: what would be the real bene

Re: Parseable copyright files

2000-06-19 Thread Herbert Xu
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Copyright: Joe Programmer and Bob Hacker, 1996-1999 What if you have as many copyright holders as dosemu? Copyright (C) 1992 Krishna Balasubramanian Copyright (C) 1990,1991,1992,1993 Carnegie Mellon University Copyright (C) 1992,1994 John E. Davis Copyr

Bug#45406: marked as done ([REJECTED] Config files must have manpages)

2000-06-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:54:29 +0100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#45406: [PROPOSAL] Config files must have manpages has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the

Bug#11094: Policy should mention that serial lines require UUCP-style locking

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
John, You originally proposed the following amendment to policy: There is no mention of the UUCP-style locking required for serial lines to prevent multiple communications programs from attempting to use the same line at once. For a brief description of UUCP-style serial locking, see the

Re: Parseable copyright files (was: Re: Bug#65577: PROPOSED] README.Debian should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution)

2000-06-19 Thread Brian F. Kimball
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:03:43AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 12:15:49PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Copyright: Joe Programmer and Bob Hacker, 1996-1999 > License: GPL > License-details: see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL What if the license doesn't have a name? > >

CVS jdg: Add fhs-2.1 to source package

2000-06-19 Thread debian-policy
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: jdg Mon Jun 19 11:41:43 PDT 2000 Added files: . : fhs-2.1-source.tar.gz fhs-2.1.pdf.gz fhs-changes-2.1.html Removed files: . : fhs-2.1-pre-03.ta

Re: Parseable copyright files (was: Re: Bug#65577: PROPOSED] README.Debian should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution)

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:03:43AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 12:15:49PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > I would suggest a file with fields like the control files, something > > like (comments with #'s): > > > Package: foo > > Debianized-By: Debian Maintainer <[EMAIL P

Bug#61058: FHS: /usr/local/share/man instead of /usr/local/man ?

2000-06-19 Thread Daniel Quinlan
> Do we have a consensus on what should be done? Are we happy with > /usr/local/share/man? Yes. Next revision of FHS will fix the issue. Dan

Bug#61058: FHS: /usr/local/share/man instead of /usr/local/man ?

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 12:33:08AM -0700, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Aaargh. I give up on FHS. I have to admit that I haven't read the FHS > > document, and indeed, it does mention /usr/share/man specifically, and it > > doesn't mention /usr/local/sha

Re: Parseable copyright files (was: Re: Bug#65577: PROPOSED] README.Debian should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution)

2000-06-19 Thread Chris Waters
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 12:15:49PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > I would suggest a file with fields like the control files, something > like (comments with #'s): > Package: foo > Debianized-By: Debian Maintainer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Debianized-When: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:09:09 +0100 # output of

Parseable copyright files (was: Re: Bug#65577: PROPOSED] README.Debian should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution)

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 09:10:00AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Ditto; leaving it in copyright also makes it easy to remember to change > > it if the license becomes more free in the future: you're just editing the > > one file. > > Cheers, aj

Bug#65764: my thoughts

2000-06-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 02:52:38PM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: > copyright - upstream author, location, copyright, license > > README.Debian - anything non-obvious about this package on Debian, > which would include any overall configuration >

Re: Bug#65577: PROPOSED] README.Debian should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution

2000-06-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Dubacq
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Ditto; leaving it in copyright also makes it easy to remember to change > it if the license becomes more free in the future: you're just editing the > one file. > Cheers, aj I think it could be interesting if this part of the file could be parsed. I thin

Bug#65764: my thoughts

2000-06-19 Thread Joey Hess
Bdale Garbee wrote: > In the time when we didn't have as many well-known filenames in each package, > the current policy may have made sense. I don't really think it does today. FWIW, I agree with Bdale's message 100%. Note that the concept of a README.Debian file was introduced about 3 years ago