Bug#532120: Require support for temporary /var/run/ and /var/lock in all packages

2009-06-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:04:21AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 05:01:46PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > The wording of Policy 9.3.2's > > /var/run and /var/lock may be mounted as temporary filesystems[60], so the > > init.d scripts must handle this correctly. >

Bug#525190: debian-policy: Please drop perl >= 5.6 from (Build-|)Depends requirements

2009-06-21 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 09:03:19PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Cyril Brulebois writes: > > > From: Cyril Brulebois > > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:40:50 +0200 > > Subject: [PATCH] Drop (build|) dependencies on perl (>= 5.6.0-16). > > > > This version of perl is so obsolete that dropping any refer

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -3276,7 +3276,9 @@ Package: libc6 > > commas > > A space after each comma is conventional. > > . Currently the packages

Bug#522217: debian-policy: Drop requirement to pre-depend on x11-common

2009-06-21 Thread Russ Allbery
"Bernhard R. Link" writes: > * Russ Allbery [090620 23:55]: >> I'm not sure either. This was already in Policy prior to this round >> of changes, of course, but maybe since we're revising this section >> anyway, this is the time to remove it. To remove it, I'd drop the >> should and turn it in

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog writes: > Yes, and the reason for the multi-line support in this field is a > technical reason (line too long for gpg/email transport) so I don't > want to allow it everywhere but only here. Sorry, I clearly didn't read the original report thoroughly enough. I understand better

Re: Bug#522217: debian-policy: Drop requirement to pre-depend on x11-common

2009-06-21 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Russ Allbery [090620 23:55]: > Raphael Hertzog writes: > > > On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> + Configuration files for window managers and display managers > >> + should be placed in a subdirectory of /etc/X11/ > >> + corresponding to the package name due to these

Re: Bug#522217: debian-policy: Drop requirement to pre-depend on x11-common

2009-06-21 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Bernhard R. Link [090621 16:10]: > > Configuration files for window managers and display managers > > may be placed in a subdirectory of /etc/X11/ > > corresponding to the package name. Other X Window System > > applications should use the /etc/ d

Bug#533852: debian-policy: Allow Binary field to span over multiple lines

2009-06-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphaël Hertzog writes: > > > In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494714 > > I would like that the policy be updated to allow the Binary field in > > .dsc and .changes to span over multiple lines. > > This would be the first