Bug#634192: Section is suggested explaining the debian/symbols file

2011-07-17 Thread Jonathan Nieder
forcemerge 571776 634192 quit Innocent De Marchi wrote: > I think it would be nice to add a section for packaging libraryes > (explaining the use of the debian/symbols). See also . Since documenting the symbols file format would be the bulk of that work, I'm mergi

Processed: Re: Section is suggested explaining the debian/symbols file

2011-07-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > forcemerge 571776 634192 Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file Bug#634192: Section is suggested explaining the debian/symbols file Bug#588891: Policy 8.6 (shlibs files) needs a

Bug#634192: Section is suggested explaining the debian/symbols file

2011-07-17 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Innocent De Marchi wrote: > I think it would be nice to add a section for packaging libraryes > (explaining the use of the debian/symbols). Documenting the format of the symbols control file (i.e., dpkg-gensymbols output) in policy sounds like a good idea indeed. Currently section 8.1 "Run-t

Bug#634192: Section is suggested explaining the debian/symbols file

2011-07-17 Thread Innocent De Marchi
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: wishlist Hi! I think it would be nice to add a section for packaging libraryes (explaining the use of the debian/symbols). Regards! I. De Marchi

Re: Bug#633994: debian-policy: confusion over what the license information in the copyright file actually means

2011-07-17 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Le samedi 16 juillet 2011 13:24:47, Bernhard R. Link a écrit : > * Jonathan Nieder [110715 22:18]: > > For the former (license upgrades), the Debian maintainer should also > > patch the source files to make the change, right? If that's done, > > then I agree that it seems reasonable. > > > > For