On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Branden Robinson wrote:
> [...]
> At any rate, to theorize a little less far afield, let's see why
> you "really hope that Ian Jackson's word should be enough". Why in
> particular should that be?
Because we were in this thread asking about the "real meaning" and the
"right i
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> reassign 29874 ftp.debian.org
Bug#29874: optional packages that should be extra
Bug reassigned from package `debian-policy' to `ftp.debian.org'.
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Since policy has now been clarified, I think it should be ok to do
this reassign.
[ If you still want to change the policy, you can of course present a
proposal here, but in such case please use another bug. IMHO, I don't
think it would be a good idea to chang
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 12:29:45PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
[...]
> I really hope that Ian Jackson's word should be enough, since he wrote
> those definitions.
>
> [ Ian told me I could forward these messages here ].
[...]
> > Excellent!
Santiago, why do you personalize the technical discussio
I could forward these messages here ].
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:47:18 + (GMT)
From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#29874: Optional and conflicting packages.
Santiago Vila writes ("Re: Bug#29874: Optional and conflicti
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:
> A number of optional packages should be optional and YES they should
> conflict. An example would be gs and gs-aladdin.
It's not true they "should" conflict.
We have the update-alternatives mechanism which allows
pgp-i and pgp-us not to conflict at ea
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 10:28:02PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote:
> There are two issues here: what policy currently is, and what it should
> be. I don't think we will agree on the former. Maybe we can reach
> agreement on the latter. I've stated my opinion, you've stated yours,
> let's hear it
Santiago Vila wrote:
> With your interpretation, you can install all the default
> (required+important+standard) packages, plus any other *single* optional
> package at your choice, but if you choose two optional packages at random
> then you can found a conflict between them.
I think this is the
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