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2010-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > usertags 589605 = informative Bug#589605: debian-policy: A footnote to describe special first lines for changelogs. User is r...@debian.org There were no usertags set. Usertags are now: informative. > tags 589605 pending Bug #589605 [debian-polic

Bug#589605: debian-policy: A footnote to describe special first lines for changelogs.

2010-07-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Charles Plessy writes: > Le Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:14:41AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : >> How about something like: >> >> >> If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual >> maintainers of the package (as listed in the >> Maintainer or >> Uploader

Processed: user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org, limit package to debian-policy, tagging 555977

2010-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was r...@debian.org). > limit package debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'package' containing at least one of 'debian-policy' Limit currently set to '

Bug#555977: debian-policy: Constraints on binary package control files

2010-07-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > Now that the terminology is in, the patch to address the normative issue > in this bug is short and simple. Objections or seconds? This has been merged for the next release. > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index c0415c1..9aca16c 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > ++

Processed: user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org, limit package to debian-policy, tagging 477240

2010-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was r...@debian.org). > limit package debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'package' containing at least one of 'debian-policy' Limit currently set to '

Bug#477240: Please clarify status of XSI extensions for kill and trap

2010-07-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > Good point. Here's a new patch. (This doesn't apply to trap because I > don't think trap can work without having it implemented as a shell > built-in.) I've now merged this change for the next release. > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 6c770fd..d694fd2 10

Processed: user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org, limit package to debian-policy, tagging 445203

2010-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was r...@debian.org). > limit package debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'package' containing at least one of 'debian-policy' Limit currently set to '

Bug#445203: debian-policy: 10.8. Log files: /etc/logrotate.d/ preferred

2010-07-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Thijs Kinkhorst writes: > On snein 11 July 2010, Steve Langasek wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:22:28AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >>> Guillem Jover writes: Probably better to recommend using start-stop-daemon, as it's more robust and should properly handle for example the case o

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2010-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was r...@debian.org). > limit package debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'package' containing at least one of 'debian-policy' Limit currently set to '

Bug#232448: debian-policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only

2010-07-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > Ludovic Brenta writes: >> Yes, the information is still current and correct. (One does not change >> a sound design decision that has proven its worth for years... :) ) > Okay, here is a proposed patch which implements the request in this bug > report. Objections or sec

Bug#504880: Disambiguate "installed" for packages

2010-07-24 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Steve Langasek wrote: > So I think it's better to say: > > This is a stronger restriction than Breaks, which just > prevents the package listed in the Breaks field from being > configured while the package with the Breaks field is present on > the system. > > Avoids refer

Bug#587279: debian-policy: section 2.2.1 needs some tweaking

2010-07-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:49:18AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:45:49AM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > > On Monday 19 July 2010 11:26:38 Russ Allbery wrote: > > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > > > index 0b3c1a1..06c1fdc 100644 > > > --- a/policy.sgml > > >

Bug#504880: Disambiguate "installed" for packages

2010-07-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:37:28PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> > >>When one binary package declares a conflict with another > >> using a Conflicts field, dpkg will > >> -refuse to allow them to be installed on the system at the > >> +refuse to allow them to be unpac

Bug#459868: debian-policy: Definition of Maintainer: when using a mailing list

2010-07-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:08:23AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > So, the question here is not really about whether or not "should" is > appropriate but whether Policy is the right place to say "should" about > this since it's a procedural issue more than a package content issue. Right - it's not th