Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-15 Thread Brian White
> > Goal of this proposal > > = > > > > I'd like to see MIME support become as successful as menu support, and > > therefore I'm proposing the addition of a MIME support sub-policy. > > Seconded. Thirded. (As maintainer of the mime-support package, I might as well add my supp

Re: Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-04 Thread Chris Waters
"J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 18:28:14 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Can we please have this document in a package (the mime package or policy > > package or whereever)? > I'm merely following menu's lead here. debian-policy includes the > menu

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-04 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 18:28:14 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Can we please have this document in a package (the mime package or policy > package or whereever)? I'm merely following menu's lead here. debian-policy includes the menu-policy document, but refers to the FTP site as its canonical l

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-04 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 11:24:21 -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > [As far as I can tell, you're documenting existing practice.] Indeed. The goal is to promote the existing practice into policy so it'll be implemented by more packages. Ray -- Obsig: developing a new sig

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-04 Thread Chris Waters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- In Bug#46516, "J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to see MIME support become as successful as menu support, and > therefore I'm proposing the addition of a MIME support sub-policy. Seconded. - -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-04 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote: > Goal of this proposal > = > > I'd like to see MIME support become as successful as menu support, and > therefore I'm proposing the addition of a MIME support sub-policy. Seconded. Wichert. -- ===

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 06:51:44PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote: > + > + Packages which provide the ability to view/show/play, > + compose, edit or print MIME types should register themselves > + as such following the current MIME support policy as > + defined in the

Bug#46516: PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-03 Thread Raul Miller
> >if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-mime ]; then >update-mime >fi > Seconded. [As far as I can tell, you're documenting existing practice.] -- Raul

Re: Bug#46516: [PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
[I'm replying in public, as others may wonder about this too - hope you don't mind] On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 03:37:53 -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > If you don't mind my asking, why not suggest the mime-support package? This is per update-mime's documentation. The underlying idea being to make it e

Bug#46516: [PROPOSAL] MIME support sub-policy

1999-10-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.0.1.1 Severity: wishlist Background == One of the things many people like in Debian is the level of integration in Debian systems as a whole that results from the integration between packages through our extensions, like the menu mechanism. Another extens