Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-11 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 17:00:17 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:46:15PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > Well, this has already been solved long time ago, although the > > restrictions were different then, the dselect methods have supported > > the MSDOS-Filename field

Processed: limit source to debian-policy, tagging 626408

2011-05-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > #debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low > # > # * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks, > #Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408 > # > limit source debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'source' contai

Bug#626408: debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt: /url/lib -> /usr/lib

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.9.2.0 > Severity: minor > > >From upgrading-checklist.txt: > > 9.1.1 > Packages installing to architecture-specific subdirectories of > `/url/lib' must use the value return

Bug#626408: debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt: /url/lib -> /usr/lib

2011-05-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: minor >From upgrading-checklist.txt: 9.1.1 Packages installing to architecture-specific subdirectories of `/url/lib' must use the value returned by `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH', not by `dpkg-architect

Re: Clarification of §10.5 symlink wording needed

2011-05-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Roger Leigh writes: > I am, however, unsure if the policy is the ideal solution today compared > with 1998 when the Linux VFS was much more primitive. I am yet to be > convinced that the absolute link is better technically. One thing I'm > wanting to do (when time allows) is work on merging /us

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:46:15PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: >On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 17:27:39 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> Also there are no technical requirement for packages filenames in ISO >> images to be canonical packages

Re: Clarification of §10.5 symlink wording needed

2011-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:12:06AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 03:32:24PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Carsten Hey writes: > > > > > Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as > > > top-level directories and are there still people using such a

Re: Clarification of §10.5 symlink wording needed

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 03:32:24PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Carsten Hey writes: > > > Besides "/usr -> /", are symlinks to directories still supported as > > top-level directories and are there still people using such a setup? > > If nobody uses this anymore, the policy could be adapted to th

Bug#621479: debian-policy: retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Allombert
tags 621479 pending quit On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 10:49:29AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Justin B Rye writes: > > > I was just looking at the incoming version of policy, and it occurred to > > me: is there any particular reason why there still needs to be a section > > in policy for "The OSF/Mot

Re: [PATCH] upgrading-checklist in present tense?

2011-05-11 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:27:11PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > A tiny nitpick: I found it jarring when the upgrading-checklist > switched from past tense to present tense. I suppose it is because I > kept finding myself switching context when reading it: unlike a > changelog, which pa

Processed: Re: Bug#621479: debian-policy: retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)

2011-05-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tags 621479 pending Bug #621479 [debian-policy] debian-policy: retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8) Added tag(s) pending. > quit Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 621479: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo