Bug#513955: debian-policy: do not require /etc/init.d/*.sh scripts to be sourced

Hello Russ, Russ Allbery hat am Mon 02. Feb, 20:36 (-0800) geschrieben: > Kel Modderman writes: > > > It is the opinion of myself and Petter Reinholdtsen, maintainers of the > > sysvinit package, that the last sentence of §9.3.1 of policy is no > > longer relevant and should be removed: > > > >

Bug#479080: debian-policy: Policy '3.8 Essential packages' does not explain when/why essential is neccessary

Hello Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 13:50 (-0700): > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think we can add wording that says that these criteria are > > useful while trying to decide whether a package should be made > > Essential or not. Once it is Essentia

Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Mon 07. Jul, 11:43 (-0700): > Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 15:49 (-0700): > > >> I believe it's not permissible to divert the same file more than once. > > > I don'

Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 15:49 (-0700): > Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> The following example is provided with a sentence which seems erronous > >> to me ATM : > >> > >>if [ install = "$1&

Bug#483418: debian-policy: Not limit dpkg-divert to install but valid also for upgrade in app. G

Hello, Olivier Berger schrieb am Wed 28. May, 20:32 (+0200): > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.7.3.0 > Severity: minor > > In "Appendix G - Diversions - overriding a package's version of a file (from > old Packaging Manual)", there's some misleading explanations on dpkg-divert > preferred u

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sun 16. Mar, 15:01 (-0700): > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Here is the patch that I'm applying. If anyone objects, yell now. > > Actually, looking at this further, I see the Policy was never updated to > mention the /etc/cron.hourly directory.

Bug#250202: "debian/README.source" file for packages with non-trivial source

Hi, Russ Allbery schrieb am Tue 01. Jan, 22:54 (-0800): > + debian/README.source documentation file is > + recommended. This file should explain how to do all of the > + following: > + > + Generate the fully patched source, in a form ready for > + ed

Re: Date and Upsteam-URL fields

Hallo Bill, Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 01:50:37PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:48:34PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: >> > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 04:28:36AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: >> > > Date: [...] Talk to the dpkg maintainer