Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Version: 3.9.2.0
Hello,
section § 2.2.1 of the Policy reads as follows:
[..] the packages in main:
- must not require a package outside of main for compilation or execution
(thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:01:36 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> David Paleino writes ("Re: Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use
> alternatives"):
> > On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:49:48 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > I think neither program should be using the genera
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:49:48 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> David Paleino writes ("Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use
> alternatives"):
> > translate [-niwvh] [-l languages] [words to translate]
> ...
> > ntranslate {-? | -v | --list-services}
> >
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:46 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use
> alternatives"):
> > libtranslate-bin actually provides a user program that goes in /usr/bin.
> > The confusing name is because the binary is just a wrapper around the
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.3.0
Severity: normal
Policy 10.1 isn't really clear on when to use alternatives:
/---
| Two different packages must not install programs with different functionality
| but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs having the same
| functionality but di
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