Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:46:28AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > Please note (again) that I have not formally objected to your proposal > > (i.e. by saying "I object to this proposal"). > > All right. Ok. As far as I'm concerned, you have three

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:46:28AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > You have decided that xfree86-common has to be of standard priority. > > > I think this is not ok because it is not needed at all. > > > > I have made no such decision. The decision was made for me. > > > > When package A has a

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-27 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 26 May 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 11:25:19AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > The fact that I am able to execute emacs or ghostscript in console mode > > without xfree86-common shows that the dependency of xlib6g on > > xfree86-common is not absolute, and theref

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-27 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 11:25:19AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > I still fail to see why do I need xfree86-common to execute emacs or > > > ghostview in console mode (as I always was able to do under Debian 2.0). > > > > Because xlib6g depends on xfree86-common. > > I mean I fail to see why x

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 11:25:19AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > The fact that I am able to execute emacs or ghostscript in console mode > without xfree86-common shows that the dependency of xlib6g on > xfree86-common is not absolute, and therefore a "Depends:" field should > not be used for that.

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-26 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 05:36:09PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Such programs should be configured with X support, > > + and should declare a dependency on xlib6g (which > > + contains X shared libraries). Users who wish to use the >

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-25 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 05:36:09PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > Such programs should be configured with X support, > + and should declare a dependency on xlib6g (which > + contains X shared libraries). Users who wish to use the > + program can install just the relatively

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-25 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: Such programs should be configured with X support, - and should declare a dependency on xlib6g (for the - X11R6 libraries). Users who wish to use the program can - install just the relatively small xlib6g pack

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Joseph Carter
Seconded -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBEThe Source Comes First! - Fuck, I can't compile the damn thing and I wrote it ! pgpVBEvXD

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 12:37:21AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > Unified diff to the .sgml source is MIME-attached. I second this proposal. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% Good Times are back again! http:

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Joey Hess
This looks reasonable - seconded. -- see shy jo

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Branden Robinson
Package: debian-policy Version: 2.5.1.0 Severity: wishlist I have rewritten section 5.7 of the policy manual to reflect some changes that have taken place as a result of the Great X Reorganization. I also reworded the section on LessTif/Motif, though that's not strictly my province. I thought ab