Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 26 Jun 2006, Ian Jackson wrote: > Frank Küster writes ("Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how > sub-policies should be managed"): >> For a document called "Debian-Foo-Policy" to be part of The Debian >> Policy it must be included in 1.4. If

Policy changing procedures (was: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed)

2006-06-27 Thread Frank Küster
Manoj, can you please comment on that? Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Danchev writes ("Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how > sub-policies should be managed"): >> If there is no `official policy process' then what justifies the presen

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread Ian Jackson
George Danchev writes ("Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed"): > If there is no `official policy process' then what justifies the presence of > policy-process.sgml and /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy-process.* > respectivel

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 13:46, Frank Küster wrote: --cut-- > > Why do you think "are all normative and authoritative", is not correct, > > if sub-policies are part of debian-policy or referenced to by the above > > mentioned 1.4 debian-policy paragraph ? > > Sorry, I misparsed this sentence, or rat

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread Frank Küster
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 27 June 2006 12:19, Frank Küster wrote: >> George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > The sub-policy documents either can be part of this debian-policy >> > document or referenced to by this paragraph. They are maintained by their >> > aut

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 12:19, Frank Küster wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The sub-policy documents either can be part of this debian-policy > > document or referenced to by this paragraph. They are maintained by their > > authors and are all normative and authoritative. > >

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread Frank Küster
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sub-policy documents either can be part of this debian-policy document or > referenced to by this paragraph. They are maintained by their authors and are > all normative and authoritative. I don't think the last part, " are all normative and autho

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 10:10, George Danchev wrote: > On Tuesday 27 June 2006 01:43, Chris Waters wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 06:05:17PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > > What you tend to disagree with ? I'm asking for clarification how > > > sub-policies must be handled, and this must be

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-27 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 27 June 2006 01:43, Chris Waters wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 06:05:17PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > > What you tend to disagree with ? I'm asking for clarification how > > sub-policies must be handled, and this must be stipulated by the > > debian-policy. > > Why must it be stipu

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Chris Waters
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 06:05:17PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > What you tend to disagree with ? I'm asking for clarification how > sub-policies must be handled, and this must be stipulated by the > debian-policy. Why must it be stipulated by debian-policy? Official policy is only required w

Official policy process (was: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed)

2006-06-26 Thread Frank Küster
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Küster writes ("Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how > sub-policies should be managed"): >> I tend to disagree. A sub-policy should only be part of the >> debian-policy package, and installed in /usr/sh

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Frank Küster
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Küster writes ("Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how > sub-policies should be managed"): >> For a document called "Debian-Foo-Policy" to be part of The Debian >> Policy it must be included in 1.4

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Frank Küster writes ("Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed"): > For a document called "Debian-Foo-Policy" to be part of The Debian > Policy it must be included in 1.4. If it is not included there, it is > not mandatory policy.

Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread George Danchev
On Monday 26 June 2006 19:10, Ian Jackson wrote: > George Danchev writes ("Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed"): > > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as > > a part debian-policy package and emacs-pol

Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Ian Jackson
George Danchev writes ("Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed"): > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as > a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separate package. > I think that all sub-policies sho

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Frank Küster
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 26 June 2006 17:37, Frank Küster wrote: >> George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Package: debian-policy >> > Version: 3.7.2.1 >> > Severity: wishlist >> > >> > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as >> > a par

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread George Danchev
On Monday 26 June 2006 17:37, Frank Küster wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: debian-policy > > Version: 3.7.2.1 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as > > a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separa

Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread Frank Küster
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.7.2.1 > Severity: wishlist > > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as > a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separate package. > I think that all sub-policies should obey same ru

Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed

2006-06-26 Thread George Danchev
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.1 Severity: wishlist The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separate package. I think that all sub-policies should obey same rules, e.g. each of them to be managed in a separate packa