Bug#470994: mail_spool default mode is 0660

2009-01-26 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:42:07PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -8062,12 +8062,27 @@ > > http://localhost/doc/package/filename > > > > > > > > - Mailboxes are generally mode 660 > > - user:mail unless the system > > - admi

Bug#473439: pick consistent terminology for category/component/area

2009-01-26 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:37:37PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > > index 24c9072..16919b2 100644 > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ > > free in our sense (see the Debian Free Software > > Guidelines, below), or may

Bug#163666: debian-policy: Unclear result with [arch] and |

2009-01-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > + If the architecture-restricted dependency is part of a set of > + alternatives using |, that branch of the alternative is > + ignored completely on architectures that do not match the > + restriction. For example: > +

Re: Policies regarding content

2009-01-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Refdoc writes: > I am asking to figure out what policies you have regarding packaging and > distributing arbitrary text content: > > We (CrossWire Bible Society) produce a programme library and a bunch of > frontends for Bible study etc. (libsword, gnomesword, bibletime etc) > > We also have a hu

Policies regarding content

2009-01-26 Thread Refdoc
I am asking to figure out what policies you have regarding packaging and distributing arbitrary text content: We (CrossWire Bible Society) produce a programme library and a bunch of frontends for Bible study etc. (libsword, gnomesword, bibletime etc) We also have a huge bunch of e-book modules wi

Bug#473439: pick consistent terminology for category/component/area

2009-01-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 03:37:37PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Russ Allbery writes: > > > I did a bit more research based on Osamu Aoki's excellent work. > > Currently, these things are referred to using three different terms: [...] > As mentioned, I'm not sure we need to match the terminology i

Bug#163666: debian-policy: Unclear result with [arch] and |

2009-01-26 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Greetings from this new -policy subscriber! Russ Allbery wrote: > @@ -4188,6 +4188,22 @@ Build-Depends-Indep: texinfo > Build-Depends: kernel-headers-2.2.10 [!hurd-i386], >hurd-dev [hurd-i386], gnumach-dev [hurd-i386] > > + requires kernel-headers-2.2.0 on all architectures

Bug#163666: debian-policy: Unclear result with [arch] and |

2009-01-26 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 15:20:02 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > I finally found some time to write new proposed wording for the section in > Policy on handling architecture-restricted dependencies. Could you review > this change and be sure that I'm correctly describing the situation? I > added