Bug#209008: Bug#430649: New proposed wording for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS

2008-03-05 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 05/03/08 at 08:45 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Okay, here's a revised proposal to address both Bug#209008 (parallel) and > > Bug#430649 (DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS parsing). This proposal does the following: > [...] > > Comments? Seconds? > > Seconded.

Re: Bug#291460: Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in /usr/share/common-licenses

2008-03-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could others reading the Policy list please express an opinion > on whether we should add the Apache 2.0 license to the list of > common-licenses? Software from Apache or using the Apache license is becoming more important over time, in my opinion, and i

Re: Bug#291460: Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in /usr/share/common-licenses

2008-03-05 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 08:12:13PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I did a check today, and there are over 230 binary packages in the > > archive with the Apache License. (I believe essentially all of them are > > Apache 2.0, although the simple grep I

Re: Bug#65577: [Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is not a part of Debian distribution

2008-03-05 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 08:04:11PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Below is a revised patch that puts the text into section 12.5 instead of > > here and simplifies the language a little. I think the major open > > question is how to handle the fact that

Bug#250202: "debian/README.source" file for packages with non-trivial source

2008-03-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: > Okay, here is a new and hopefully final version of the README.source > patch. If you have any other comments or concerns, please speak up now; > otherwise, I will apply this patch for the next Policy release. Seconded. -- Raphaƫl Hertzog Le best-selle

Bug#291460: Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in /usr/share/common-licenses

2008-03-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I did a check today, and there are over 230 binary packages in the > > archive with the Apache License. (I believe essentially all of them are > > Apache 2.0, although the simple grep I did made that a bit h

Bug#172436: [PROPOSAL] web browser url viewing

2008-03-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Here is a patch based heavily on Joey's original patch that describes > > that. This patch (similar to Joey's) doesn't include the URL > > canonicalization requirements of the secure BROWSER specification.