Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-12-01 Thread Adam DiCarlo
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I appreciate the work! Well, more to come. Let me know if you have any suggestions either for the maint fixing or the redesigned version. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...http://www.onshored.com/>

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:45:32AM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > As the doc-base maintainer, some comments on the progress of this bug. > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:01:29AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > It would be cool if somebody could figure out how to fix #114692 > > first. :( Packages with

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-27 Thread Adam DiCarlo
As the doc-base maintainer, some comments on the progress of this bug. On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:01:29AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > It would be cool if somebody could figure out how to fix #114692 > first. :( Packages with many distinct pieces of additional > documentation can't practicably u

Re: Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-18 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:56:51AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:39:52PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > b) what severity such bugs should be > > > > I strongly disagree with this. I wrote up an extensive explanation of > > why recently: > > > > http://lists.de

Re: Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-18 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:39:52PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > b) what severity such bugs should be > > I strongly disagree with this. I wrote up an extensive explanation of > why recently: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2002/debian-ctte-200211/msg00027.html Hmm, wretched limit

Re: Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-17 Thread Branden Robinson
[Sending this to -policy instead of the bug.] On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:02:10AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:45:36AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Speaking of bugs... how do we actually specify that a "should" means e.g. > > minor, and not normal or important? > > I

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:27:43AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:01:29AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Packages that would deserve a bug are those that which have additional > > > docs > > > but have registered it only with dhelp or such (ew!) or that have it but > > >

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-17 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 08:26:19PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Josip> Surprisingly enough, we have yet to put any mention of > Josip> doc-base into the Policy. A lot of the packages that need it > Josip> use it by now[1], so it appears to be working properly. It > Josip> would be useful if

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-17 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:45:36AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Speaking of bugs... how do we actually specify that a "should" means e.g. > minor, and not normal or important? I suggest that the old RFC-style must/should/may syntax be dropped when policy is next rewritten, in favour of a system whi

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Josip> Surprisingly enough, we have yet to put any mention of Josip> doc-base into the Policy. A lot of the packages that need it Josip> use it by now[1], so it appears to be working properly. It Josip> would be useful if it was "legalized"

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:01:29AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Packages that would deserve a bug are those that which have additional docs > > but have registered it only with dhelp or such (ew!) or that have it but > > haven't registered it. > > It would be cool if somebody could figure out ho

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:07:15AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Packages that would deserve a bug are those that which have additional docs > but have registered it only with dhelp or such (ew!) or that have it but > haven't registered it. It would be cool if somebody could figure out how to fix #1

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:16:40PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> That change makes over 90% of the packages on my machine > >> instantly buggy, for not following a should directive. > > Josip> No, it wouldn't. This part of policy wouldn't apply to > Josip> packages that have nothing to d

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> That change makes over 90% of the packages on my machine >> instantly buggy, for not following a should directive. Josip> No, it wouldn't. This part of policy wouldn't apply to Josip> packages that have nothing to do with it. Josip

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Josip" == Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Josip> Surprisingly enough, we have yet to put any mention of Josip> doc-base into the Policy. A lot of the packages that need it Josip> use it by now[1], so it appears to be working properly. It Josip> would be useful if it was "legaliz

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:42:37PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Josip> Surprisingly enough, we have yet to put any mention of > Josip> doc-base into the Policy. A lot of the packages that need it > Josip> use it by now[1], so it appears to be working properly. It > Josip> would be useful if

Bug#169399: handling of additional documentation with doc-base

2002-11-16 Thread Josip Rodin
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Hi, Surprisingly enough, we have yet to put any mention of doc-base into the Policy. A lot of the packages that need it use it by now[1], so it appears to be working properly. It would be useful if it was "legalized" by the Policy Manual so that new maint