Debian Policy sprint

2018-07-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, A reminder that the rolling Debian Policy sprint is now in progress at DebConf.[1] Please come and talk to me if you'd like to get involved, or on IRC if you're remote. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianPolicy -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#459427: Patch seeking seconds on changelog vs. NEWS handling

2018-07-21 Thread David Bremner
Sean Whitton writes: >> diff --git a/policy/ch-docs.rst b/policy/ch-docs.rst >> index 1de221f..1503ed8 100644 >> --- a/policy/ch-docs.rst >> +++ b/policy/ch-docs.rst >> @@ -255,32 +255,48 @@ files may be installed into ``/usr/share/doc/package``. >> >> .. _s-changelogs: >> >> -Changelog files >

Processed: Patch seeking seconds on changelog vs. NEWS handling

2018-07-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 +patch Bug #459427 [debian-policy] changelog vs. NEWS handling Added tag(s) patch. -- 459427: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459427 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#459427: Patch seeking seconds on changelog vs. NEWS handling

2018-07-21 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +patch Hello all, David Bremner and I took a look at this bug this morning at DebCamp and I realised that I had been missing something (which Russ had actually pointed out in an older message): lots of packages already install a package's NEWS file as /usr/share/doc/foo/NEWS.gz.

Bug#879863: developer-reference conflicts with Policy on priority "extra" vs "optional"

2018-07-21 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Control: retitle -1 developer-reference conflicts with Policy on priority "extra" vs "optional" Control: severity -1 important Control: tags -1 patch Merge request filed here: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/developers-reference/merge_requests/1 Bumping priority because it contradicts a "shoul

Processed: Re: Bug#879863: developer-reference conflicts with Policy on priority "extra" vs "optional"

2018-07-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > retitle -1 developer-reference conflicts with Policy on priority "extra" vs > "optional" Bug #879863 [developers-reference] Should all transitional packages really go in section "oldlibs"? Changed Bug title to 'developer-reference conflicts with Policy on priority