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2008-07-07 Thread mark.a.zirkle
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Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

2008-07-07 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Mon 07. Jul, 11:43 (-0700): > Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 15:49 (-0700): > > >> I believe it's not permissible to divert the same file more than once. > > > I don't know. It's possible and who should prohibit i

Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu

2008-07-07 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 01:08:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Therefore, I still feel that, despite it being a big mess, the current > > situation is the best: > > * the default menu contains only what is needed, and we are still > > hunting down entries tha

Bug#436419: Policy or best practices for debug packages?

2008-07-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 08:08 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> *) What section should -dbg packages be placed into? Should it be the >>section that the parent package is in, or something like "devel"? > Library -dbg packages will almost inevitably end

Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

2008-07-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 15:49 (-0700): >> I believe it's not permissible to divert the same file more than once. > I don't know. It's possible and who should prohibit it? I'm fairly sure that you'll find that dpkg-divert prohibits it, thus m

Bug#473439: debian-policy: Debian Policy inconsistent with Developer's Reference

2008-07-07 Thread Russ Allbery
"Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OTOH, the 'Release' file uses the dak terminology, and the name is > encoded on some tools. The most visible is apt: apt_preferences(5) for > pining use the term "Component". > > Because is not a urgent topic, and (IMO) there are some other > t

Bug#426877: dpkg: Option "--oknodo" should be the default behaviour for "start-stop-daemon" (LSB specs)

2008-07-07 Thread Vincent Danjean
Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 10:58:35AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> THanks, I could come up with a transition plan myself if needed. But >> compare your suggestions with: "someone goes over all init scripts, file >> bugs and in lenny+1 we're done". > > That'll cause tremendous

Bug#436419: Policy or best practices for debug packages?

2008-07-07 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 08:08 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > There doesn't seem to be anything in policy about debug packages, are > there any wiki pages or best practices documents about what are the best > ways to create debug packages? There was some discussion around #436419, seeking to add some

Bug#484656: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu

2008-07-07 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 07 juillet 2008 à 02:48 -0400, Daniel Dickinson a écrit : > And depends on the package maintainer being cooperative. Because there > is no debian policy on this if a package maintainer disagrees they > don't have to hide their menu entry. Yes, that’s probably the most important issue wi

Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

2008-07-07 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 15:49 (-0700): > Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The following example is provided with a sentence which seems erronous > >> to me ATM : > >> > >>if [ install = "$1" ]; then > >> dpkg-divert --package smailwra

Re: initscripts: using "/etc/init.d/"

2008-07-07 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> "The package maintainer scripts must use invoke-rc.d to invoke the >>> /etc/init.d/* initscripts, instead of calling them directly." >>> >>> Th

Re: initscripts: using "/etc/init.d/"

2008-07-07 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ Allbery wrote: > "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> "The package maintainer scripts must use invoke-rc.d to invoke the >> /etc/init.d/* initscripts, instead of calling them directly." >> >> Then, but, it say: >> >> "Most packa

Bug#473439: debian-policy: Debian Policy inconsistent with Developer's Reference

2008-07-07 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Russ Allbery wrote: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Russ Allbery writes: So as a purist, I would prefer `category'. `Area' works too since it refers to an `area' in the FTP site. I did a bit more research based on Osamu Aoki's excellent work. Currently, these things are referred to