Bug#458910: debian-policy: Policy and dpkg disagree on debian revision tests.

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I confirm that the implementation in dpkg is done in such a way that the > lack of revision is the same than a revision set to "0". Exactly like > the lack of epoch is equal to an epoch of 0. > > Maybe we should say "the absence of a debian_revision c

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2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.25 > user [EMAIL PROTECTED] Setting user to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (was [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > package debian-policy Ignoring bugs not assigned to: debian-policy > usertags 458910 - issue Bug#

Bug#172436: [PROPOSAL] web browser url viewing

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 04 Mar 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: >> I have gotten no further feedback on this proposal other than Clint's >> note that he finds this better-specified than the original ESR BROWSER >> specification, but hesitates to comment further since he does

Bug#367984: clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 07:48:38PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Could those reading the Policy list please review the patch at: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367984#14 > Seconded for either suggested package name. I've comm

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2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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DPL teams review 2008

2008-04-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi, The first thing I promised to do when I became DPL was to initiate a thorough review of Debian's teams. Well, no time like the present! I want to get an accurate, honest assessment of how our central tasks are going and how well (or not!) people are working together in our various teams. I'm

New wiki Teams/Policy page

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
I've written a team page for the Debian Policy team and put it at: http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Policy I haven't yet moved PolicyChangesProcess to be under the team page, but that's probably a good idea that we should do at some point. Please correct any inaccuracies. Thanks! -- Russ Allb

Processed: user [EMAIL PROTECTED], usertagging 473439, severity of 473439 is minor

2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.25 > user [EMAIL PROTECTED] Setting user to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (was [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > usertags 473439 informative discussion Bug#473439: debian-policy: Debian Policy inconsistent with

Bug#477428: SIL OFL should be included in common-licenses

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Gürkan Sengün <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since the Artistic, BSD, GPL, and LGPL licenses are included in > /usr/share/common-licenses, would it be possible to get the SIL OFL > included as well? It's in many respects better to include the license directly in debian/copyright, since it keeps al

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2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#473761: [PROPOSAL] debconf specification should allow underscores in template names

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The debconf specification says that (/-separated) template name > components are limited to alphanumerics, '+', '-', and '.'. However, d-i > and I suspect many other packages also use '_' extensively. As a debconf > and cdebconf co-maintainer I can say th

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2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.25 > tags 473761 pending Bug#473761: [PROPOSAL] debconf specification should allow underscores in template names There were no tags set. Tags added: pending > End of message, stopping p

Bug#475731: debian-policy: substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to deb-substvars(5)

2008-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Policy 4.10 refers to dpkg-source(1) for details of variable > substitutions. With the version of dpkg-dev in unstable, that > information has moved to its own man page, deb-substvars(5). Thanks, committed. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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2008-04-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.25 > tags 475731 pending Bug#475731: debian-policy: substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to deb-substvars(5) Tags were: patch Tags added: pending > End of message, stopping proc