Bug#541872: debian-policy: identical notation for disabled-by-user and auto-generated entries in /etc/inetd.conf

2009-08-16 Thread Serafeim Zanikolas
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.2.0 Severity: normal Hello policy makers :) update-inetd is seriously bug infested, IMHO to some extent because of the issue below. Policy 11.2 says: If a package wants to install an example entry into `/etc/inetd.conf', the entry must be preceded wit

Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated

2009-08-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert writes: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:52:59AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> The generated file should contain a section like: >> >> @dircategory Individual utilities >> @direntry >> * example: (example). An example info directory entry. >> @end direntry >> >> which w

Re: [3.8.3] §5.6.1 9 - spanning of Binary field in debian/control?

2009-08-16 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 16 Aug 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > The new Debian policy 3.8.3 allows the contents of 'Binary' field to span in > .dsc file and .changes file. However, it's unclear (at least for me), does > this change allow the spanning in debian/control file or not? There's no Binary field i

Re: [3.8.3] §5.6.19 - spanning of Binary field in d ebian/control?

2009-08-16 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hi Eugene: On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Hello. > > The new Debian policy 3.8.3 allows the contents of 'Binary' field to span in > .dsc file and .changes file. However, it's unclear (at least for me), does > this change allow the spanning in debian/control file or n

[3.8.3] §5.6.19 - spanning of Binar y field in debian/control?

2009-08-16 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hello. The new Debian policy 3.8.3 allows the contents of 'Binary' field to span in .dsc file and .changes file. However, it's unclear (at least for me), does this change allow the spanning in debian/control file or not? -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/

Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated

2009-08-16 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:52:59AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bill Allombert writes: > > >> Reading the comment I will assume that debiandoc2info is the only package > >> that need to be fixed and waive this part. I will also try to get > >> debiandoc2info fixed. > > > Hmm. debiandoc2info is j

Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated

2009-08-16 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:14:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael Hertzog writes: > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> --- a/policy.sgml > >> +++ b/policy.sgml > >> @@ -8867,7 +8867,10 @@ name ["syshostname"]: > >> scripts. This is no longer necessary. The insta