Request for permission

I request permission to make the following excecutable files part of a package: usr/X11R6/bin/Login.app (login.app) usr/X11R6/bin/Mixer.app (mixer.app) the upstream authors use this names for the executables. The ".app" part is there because that's the NeXT way of naming programs. The upper case

Re: sleep contains crypto stuff?

[Moving to debian-policy per Joey's request, please continue there] On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: joey> > They are not. I pointed this out on debian-policy a while ago, joey> > but nobody seemed to care. :-( joey> joey> Ok, now at least one care about it. Please bring it up on -pol

Could lintian...?

Could lintian check for files installed outside standard directories (those the FHS specifies). I accidentally made a .deb file that installed files in /home/mmagallo/blah/blas/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/. I realized this after running lintian on the package and then installing it. I have lintian 0.

Where do sounds go?

Where do sounds (.au) go? Many packages put them in /usr/lib/package/, but saytime puts them in /usr/lib/sounds. The upstream version of wmmail includes a few sound files, and I think they would be useful for the users who like them. The path is not important for wmmail. One has to specify the full

Re: PW#5-7: Linking shared libraries with -lc

On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Christian Schwarz wrote: > It would be good if someone more experienced than I am could comment on > Marcelo's arguments against linking shared libraries with `-l'. If his > arguments are valid (I really can't tell) then we'll have to drop this > release goal and the policy pr

Can NM close bugs in his/her NMR?

Hi, I'm non-maintaining wmaker until the rightful maintainer comes back from afterlife (aka, finals and such). I've introduced some bugs of my own (#17014) which I have fixed, and I'd like to close, because it has nothing to do with Neil's work (Neil's the maintainer, BTW). In the not yet

Re: IconPath, menu

On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, Adam P. Harris wrote: > Policy is vague; FSSTD is what hamm uses (not FHS!). Oops. My fault. I mentioned FHS because it's less vague on the subject than FSSTD. I didn't realize until now that FHS and FSSTD are conflicting on that subject... > It is de facto, if not policy,