Bug#160776: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] debconf spec updates to conform with reality

2002-09-13 Thread Carl R. Witty
"Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > +For localization, the description field (and also the choices field of > + a select or multiselect type question, and the default field of a string > + or password type question) can be supplimented with versions for other

Bug#115438: PROPOSAL] addition of new menu tag for kde menu removal

2001-10-23 Thread Carl R. Witty
"Ivan E. Moore II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 03:42:06PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 12:13:31PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > > > information. KDE ends up seeing 2 different sets of information for the > > > > same binary and can (and usually

Re: Preparing Debian for using capabilities: file ownership.

2000-09-26 Thread Carl R. Witty
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > Your point is so obvious. duh... how did I miss that? > > Of course that cracking bin would be like cracking root...! > > This is not an issue if > > a) bin has no passowrd so people cannot log in as bin > and > b) nothing on

Re: Preparing Debian for using capabilities: file ownership.

2000-09-22 Thread Carl R. Witty
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Don't forget that joeyh has the biggest harddrive of the world. He must > > have, because he has a maximum number of Debian packages installed. > > > > (Joey, what is the maximum number of Debian packages you can install without

Re: 'editor' alternative policy?

2000-06-22 Thread Carl R. Witty
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In fact, I wouldn't mind revisiting the idea that the vi clones should > be ranked much lower. Anybody who want vi is going to type vi; somebody > who is so new to unix that they type "editor" probably ought to have > something a little more friendly,

Re: unusable examples in apckages ...

2000-05-30 Thread Carl R. Witty
Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -- > if a package contains examples that need to be compiled, they must be in such > a state in the package that the user can just copy the directory to its home > directory (or /tmp/ or wherever) and build the examp

Bug#64437: PROPOSED] Must/Should/May in policy

2000-05-26 Thread Carl R. Witty
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 12:10:28PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > Packages that include daemons for system services should place scripts in > > > /etc/init.d to start or stop services at boot time or during a > > > change of runlevel. > > > > What ab

Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

2000-05-15 Thread Carl R. Witty
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 01:05:42PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > > Two things I'd like to see done with the virtual package system: > > > > 1. Define APIs for all virtual packages. > > > > 2. Tie virtu

Re: core recovery tools, apt-get, and dpkg should be static

1999-08-16 Thread Carl R. Witty
Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HOW TO MAKE DEBIAN LESS FRAGILE: > > All the core system tools, including the package manager (apt_get > and dpkg) should be available as static binaries rather than dynamic > executables. ... > I previously raised this issue in the devel list, and me

Bug#42052: PROPOSAL] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail

1999-08-04 Thread Carl R. Witty
Anthony Towns writes: > --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 08:32:57AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > > > I second this proposal, but please change the word "dependency" > > > by "Pre-Dependency" (otherwise I would formally object ;-). > > >

Re: [PROPOSED] moving the menu hierarchy into debian policy

1999-04-15 Thread Carl R. Witty
Laurent Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Chris" == Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chris> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> * You need to limit menus to no more than 15 items, 10 is > >> better. Otherwise they won't fit on some screens. > > Chris> This

Re: md5sums

1998-12-03 Thread Carl R. Witty
Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manoj Srivastava) wrote: > > Charles> to check whether you have mistakenly edited an installed script > > which > > Charles> wasn't a conffile, > > > > Ok. But this is not an operation that everyone wants (I > > personally

Re: /etc/shells policy?

1998-09-24 Thread Carl R. Witty
Luis Francisco Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The question is what should I do. AFAIK, /etc/shells is used to determine > which shells can be used with chsh. I am not aware of any other use. I think > it makes perfect sense that shells (un)register themselves in that file upon > installati