Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-16 Thread ferret
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Britton wrote: > > > Currently we've only had two real excuses for using empty packages: > > for handling splits, and for tasks. It seems a little like people want a > > third sort, just as a collection of related packages that you generally > > want to install at once. Thi

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-16 Thread Britton
> Currently we've only had two real excuses for using empty packages: > for handling splits, and for tasks. It seems a little like people want a > third sort, just as a collection of related packages that you generally > want to install at once. This might be just an artifact of "recommends" > not

Bug#79538: FDL is missing from common-licenses

2000-12-16 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Jim! On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Jim Lynch wrote: > Hi :) > > I have no objection to telling some fact to any maint... The problem is that dh_make (and not debhelper - sorry JoeyH) creates a sample file which | refers to the Free Documentation License by the file name:

Bug#79538: FDL is missing from common-licenses

2000-12-16 Thread Jim Lynch
Collect all licenses into one place no matter what they are? Fine. But -not- in base. -Jim

Bug#79538: FDL is missing from common-licenses

2000-12-16 Thread Jim Lynch
Hi :) I have no objection to telling some fact to any maint... But the debhelper maintainer isn't the central repository for licenses... so I don't see how that makes sense. But I'm going to read the FDL, and if it meets DFSG and is compatible with and does the same thing as the GPL does for so

Bug#79538: FDL is missing from common-licenses

2000-12-16 Thread Jim Lynch
Collect all licenses no matter what they are into one place? Fine. But -not- in base. -Jim

Bug#79538: FDL is missing from common-licenses

2000-12-16 Thread Jim Lynch
OK, I'll read it and comment. If it's compatible with GPL, does the same things that it does and is dfsg-free, then I do want it in. -Jim

Bug#79736: typo in packaging manual

2000-12-16 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
Package: packaging-manual Version: 3.2.1.0 This typo is probably not only in the HTML file. --- ch-maintainerscripts.html.orig Sat Dec 16 13:35:57 2000 +++ ch-maintainerscripts.html Sat Dec 16 13:35:59 2000 @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ The procedure on installation/upgrade/overwrite/disappear (i