CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:50:25 PST 2001
Modified files:
debian : control rules
Log message:
Updated the build depends; deconf_specification pulls us into the XML worls
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:30:51 PST 2001
Modified files:
debian : rules
Log message:
Another Typo
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:21:11 PST 2001
Modified files:
debian : rules
Log message:
typo in rules file
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
[Copy to Raphaël as author of the original perl-policy document]
I am working towards a new release of Perl with substantial changes to
the current perl-5.6 packaging:
deb http://people.debian.org/~bod perl/$(ARCH)/
deb-src http://people.debian.org/~
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:15:26 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : upgrading-checklist.html
Log message:
* There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
peole have had tiome no
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:04:59 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : policy.sgml upgrading-checklist.html
virtual-package-names-list.text
debian : changelog
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> severity 82595 wishlist
Bug#82595: [PROPOSAL] remove extraneous kernel includes from libc6-dev
Severity set to `wishlist'.
> retitle 83669 [PROPOSAL] Handling if shared libraries
Bug#83669: Shared libraries
Changed Bug title.
> severity 83669 wishlis
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:01:00 PST 2001
debian-policy/debconf_spec/include
Update of /cvs/debian-policy/debian-policy/debconf_spec/include
In directory klecker:/tmp/cvs-serv26469/debconf_spec/include
Log Messag
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaSun Jan 28 20:00:13 PST 2001
debian-policy/debconf_spec
Update of /cvs/debian-policy/debian-policy/debconf_spec
In directory klecker:/tmp/cvs-serv26384/debconf_spec
Log Message:
Directory /cvs/debian
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 01:05:43AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes:
> > Would you also object to adding a header to the Packages files something
> > like:
>
> >Package: xine-decss
> >Section: non-US/utils
> >Distribution-Hint: non-US, non-UK
>
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.1.2
Patch to fix some typos.
--- policy.sgml.origMon Jan 29 11:22:51 2001
+++ policy.sgml Mon Jan 29 11:29:03 2001
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@
- Broadly speaking the is called before
+ Broadly speaking the preinst is ca
Jakob Bøhm wrote:
>
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
>
> However some of this is speculative, maybe someone
> closer to the core should survey the existing mirrors
> to check how many can actually carry crypto legally,
> then it would be easier to decide whether or not
> losing the remaining mirror
On 29 Jan 2001, Brian May wrote:
> Matthew> If you're thinking of creating a meta-package called
> Matthew> 'stable' which depends on the stable version of every
> Matthew> package, typing apt-get upgrade stable will install every
>
> How big would the depends: line get? then again, d
> "Matthew" == Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matthew> If you're thinking of creating a meta-package called
Matthew> 'stable' which depends on the stable version of every
Matthew> package, typing apt-get upgrade stable will install every
How big would the depends: line
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > Russell> I propose that Debian eliminate the concept of the stable
> > Russell> vs unstable distributions, and instead have a
> > Russell> meta-package called "stable". If I say "apt-get upgrade
> > Russell> stable", that upgrades
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.1.2
Severity: minor
upgrading-checklist.text states:
- By default executables should not be built with the debugging
option -g. Instead, it is recommended to support building the
package with debugging information optionally.
It would be nic
>>"Arthur" == Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Arthur> Hi
Arthur> Manoj Srivastava schrieb:
>> I repeat: we only have non-US since master lives in US, and we
>> must obey US laws for master while master is here. How up are
>> you on the laws of Bhutan, if I may ask?
Arthur> Why is ma
>>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jakob> 5. For countries in which almost anything is illegal,
Jakob> dropping Debian mirroring in those countries is already
Jakob> being done as a solution.
The end cases are not the problem; what is a problem is that
there is a spe
Russell Nelson schrieb:
> Arthur Korn writes:
> > Debian source package installs could be used for much more, like
> > very specific binary optimisations, builds with different
> > features/dependencies, debugging builds. (The latter already
> > exists in policy, though few packages use DEB_BUI
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 12:41:54AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Here's the problem as I see it. I want to run an operating system
> where I get to choose the level of instability. So, when I run
> "apt-get update", I only want to get stable packages downloaded. On
> the other hand, I want to b
Arthur Korn writes:
> Russell Nelson schrieb:
> > Is Debian's stable/unstable split a broken concept?
>
> No, if you need a _really_ stable system it's not.
You're trying to define "stable" for the sysadmin. Why not let the
sysadmin define stable for themselves? They can just upgrade to
"st
Brian May writes:
> > "Russell" == Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Russell> I propose that Debian eliminate the concept of the stable
> Russell> vs unstable distributions, and instead have a
> Russell> meta-package called "stable". If I say "apt-get upgrade
>
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> >>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jakob> The main archive is mirrored and copied around the globe both
> Jakob> inside and outside SPI. Including anything which it would
> Jakob> be illegal to post or copy anywhere in the world could get
>
Seth Arnold schrieb:
> No, moving the main server to some other country would just strain the
> poor intercontinental links all the more, as nice a political statement
> as it would make.
There could still be partial mirrors everywhere, but only _one_
master.
ciao, 2ri
* Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010128 03:48]:
> Shure the US is getting preferential treatment. Would you ever
> bother to set up master in, say, Iran and have to maintain a
> second master even though everything could be put onto the
> second master in the first place?
I would guess a large p
Hi
Manoj Srivastava schrieb:
> I repeat: we only have non-US since master lives in US, and we
> must obey US laws for master while master is here. How up are
> you on the laws of Bhutan, if I may ask?
Why is master in such a restrictive country as the US anyway?
As long as there are any contries
Russell Nelson schrieb:
> Is Debian's stable/unstable split a broken concept?
No, if you need a _really_ stable system it's not.
[ Ways to install Python 2.0 on stable:
* (partial) upgrade to unstable
* install locally from source ]
Well, there is a third option, apt-get -b source.
Debian sourc
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Joey Hess wrote:
> Jon Eisenstein wrote:
> > Although I haven't tried it myself, I know many people have used another
> > alternative and have had no major problems: Change sources.list to point
> > to unstable, apt-get install X, and change sources.list back to
> > stable. Po
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes:
Anthony> On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 08:38:37PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Oh, in case you are wondering, I shall formally object to any
>> such scheme to pull any more software off master that we
Jon Eisenstein wrote:
> Although I haven't tried it myself, I know many people have used another
> alternative and have had no major problems: Change sources.list to point
> to unstable, apt-get install X, and change sources.list back to
> stable. Possibly, since this works when done in this way, m
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 08:38:37PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Debian is inclusive; and things that can't be put on master
> are put on the non-{the country master lives in} servers. People in
> jurisdiction where some software is illegal, can always craft rsync
> rules to do partial
> "Russell" == Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> I propose that Debian eliminate the concept of the stable
Russell> vs unstable distributions, and instead have a
Russell> meta-package called "stable". If I say "apt-get upgrade
Russell> stable", that upgrades
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