Re: Moving Policy to Docbook

2001-06-22 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 21 Jun 2001, Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > You'll probably have to run the source doc through SP or something and > tell it to un-minimize tags first, but otherwise, a simple matter of > style-sheet writing... I would also be interested in such an semi-automated transform, I have alot of text

Bug#36151: Clearing out old policy proposals

2001-06-22 Thread Herbert Xu
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd really like to see the list expanded to include /sbin and /usr/sbin > as well. My rationale is that init.d scripts are intended (and mostly > only useful) for the root user, and the the whole point of /sbin > and /usr/sbin is to contain scripts usef

Bug#101870: Update multiple version handling policies

2001-06-22 Thread Warren Turkal
On Friday 22 June 2001 06:08, Chris Waters wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:32:56AM -0400, Warren Turkal wrote: > > Severity: normal > > Policy proposals should be made with severity wishlist. Sorry about that. > > I read your entire rant, and I still have no idea what you were > trying to pro

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Bug#36151: Clearing out old policy proposals

2001-06-22 Thread Steve Greenland
On 21-Jun-01, 17:33 (CDT), Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scripts which use programs in a directory other than /usr/bin and > /bin (and /usr/bin/X11?) should append that directory to the PATH I'd really like to see the list expanded to include /sbin and /usr/sbin as well. My rationale

Re: Moving Policy to Docbook

2001-06-22 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If anyone has done any programmatic transforms from debiandoc to > DocBook, this is a good time to speak up and be heard. I've not actually done that particular transform, or anything as big, but I've done some trivial transforms using XSLT. You'll

Bug#101870: Update multiple version handling policies

2001-06-22 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:32:56AM -0400, Warren Turkal wrote: > Severity: normal Policy proposals should be made with severity wishlist. I read your entire rant, and I still have no idea what you were trying to propose. We already recommend using alternatives when possible, and dpkg-divert onl

Bug#101870: last message sent to wrong bug

2001-06-22 Thread Warren Turkal

Bug#101870: Bug#101731: GCC series of packages should properly use the Debian alternatives system

2001-06-22 Thread Warren Turkal
It's no different. They both compile c code. Maybe a little different, but their command line interface is 99% equivalent. gcc3 is just closer to ANSI. On Friday 22 June 2001 01:23, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:44:36AM -0400, Warren Turkal wrote: > > I meant only to

Bug#101870: Update multiple version handling policies

2001-06-22 Thread Warren Turkal
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.5.0 Severity: normal I would like to see an update on the policies for dealing with multiple versions of the same program. For instance, GCC and friends are packaged in the 2.95 and 3.0 versions. It would be nice to have a standard in the policy for dealing wi