debian-policy 3.7.2.2 MIGRATED to testing

2006-10-15 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the debian-policy source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 3.7.2.1 Current version: 3.7.2.2 -- This email is automatically generated; [EMAIL PROTECTED] is responsible. See http://people.debian.org/~henning/trille/ for more information

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:57:47AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:24:22AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > We want to avoid packages shipping their own versions of libraries, > > as then if a security problem or major bug is discovered in that > > library, we have lots of

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Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Chris Waters
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:24:22AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > We want to avoid packages shipping their own versions of libraries, > as then if a security problem or major bug is discovered in that > library, we have lots of packages to update, and there's no garuntee > we'll even know which pac

Work has been closed permanently

2006-10-15 Thread Kendrick Mccarthy
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Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 12:04:20PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:44:10AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > > + > > > > + Embedding code provided in other packages > > > > + > > > > + A package should not embed or include code from other > > > > +

Re: Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Bill Allombert wrote: > I am not sure we can realistically add a requirement higher than: > > A package should not link against copy of libraries packaged > separately by Debian. Any needless code duplication is bad, be it in libraries, perl or python modules, or e

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 12:04:20PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:44:10AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > > + > > > > + Embedding code provided in other packages > > > > + > > > > + A package should not embed or include code from other > > > > +

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:44:10AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > + > > > + Embedding code provided in other packages > > > + > > > + A package should not embed or include code from other > > > + packages. Instead, the package should be modified to reference the > > > +

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 09:49:58AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > --- policy.sgml > +++ policy.sgml > @@ -2105,6 +2105,14 @@ > the file to the list in debian/files. > > > + > + Embedding code provided in other packages > + > + A package should not embed or inclu

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:16:47AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 09:49:58AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > --- policy.sgml > > +++ policy.sgml > > @@ -2105,6 +2105,14 @@ > > the file to the list in debian/files. > > > > > > + > > + Embedding code p

Re: Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:45:39AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > --- policy.sgml > +++ policy.sgml > @@ -2105,6 +2105,14 @@ > the file to the list in debian/files. > > > + > + Embedding code provided in other packages > + > + A package should not embed or inclu

Bug#392362: [PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages

2006-10-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 05:30:10PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:45:39AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > I'm including a patch that adds a should not to policy. > > > > Now updated, removed C-ism and fix some typos. > And this time *with* the patch... Neil -- * herm