On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 05:30:56PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
>
> It's the same wording that's already used in the policy manual. See my
> proposal's rationale section.
Ooops. Sorry for my last mail, I read not carefully enough.
Marcus
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On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 05:30:56PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > I agree with the idea in general, but the wording is extremely poor.
> > "Reference" is not a computer-technical term.
>
> It's the same wording that's already used in the policy manual. See my
> proposal's r
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> I agree with the idea in general, but the wording is extremely poor.
> "Reference" is not a computer-technical term.
It's the same wording that's already used in the policy manual. See my
proposal's rationale section.
If you want to fix the policy manual's current wordi
Seconded.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
at Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:01:14 -0800,
on Bug#59403: [PROPOSED] restrictions on content of /usr/share/doc,
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Proposal:
>
> The following diff is against section 6.3:
>
> It is of
Chris Lawrence wrote:
> I'm willing to move the bug template location somewhere else; someone
> (forgot who, I'm tired) proposes /usr/share/reportbug, but there's
> nothing inherently reportbug-specific about those file (certainly bug
> could support them too). /usr/share/misc? I dunno.
It's wor
Anthony Towns wrote:
> > +
> > +Files in /usr/share/doc should not be referenced by any program, and
> > +the system adminostrator should be able to delete them without causing
> > any
> > +programs to break. Any files that are referenced by programs but are
> > also
> > +useful a
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Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes (in bug report #59403):
> Summary:
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
Good idea; seconded.
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 06:01:14PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
I agree with the idea in general, but the wording is extremely poor.
"Reference" is not a computer-technic
On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, Joey Hess wrote:
> + Files in /usr/share/doc should not be referenced by any program, and
> + the system adminostrator should be able to delete them without causing any
> + programs to break. Any files that are referenced by programs but are also
> + useful as standalone
Previously Joey Hess wrote:
> Summary:
>
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
Seconded.
Wichert.
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> This requires dpkg changes, and doesn't seem like it's particularly
No it doesn't - currently I could make /usr/share/doc point at
/dev/null, and dpkg wouldn't mind. Problem is, some packages look at
files stored in /usr/share/doc, and so would break.
Matthew
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Previously Jim Lynch wrote:
> + Additionally, the system administrator should be able to say
> + that files in /usr/share/doc never be installed, that they be
> + removed all at once or, having originally preferred same, that
> + they should be installed again from all packages that install
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 06:01:14PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Summary:
>
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
[...]
> +Files in /usr/share/doc should
On Mar 01, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Summary:
>
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
Seconded.
I'm willing to move the bug template location somewhere else; s
Jim Lynch wrote:
> + Additionally, the system administrator should be able to say
> [to debconf maybe?]
> + that files in /usr/share/doc never be installed, that they be
> + removed all at once or, having originally preferred same, that
> + they should be installed again from all packages t
On 01-Mar-00, 22:04 (CST), Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think this is a good idea. I temporarily withhold my second, to suggest
> this:
With a lot of header quoting :-), Jim added this:
> + Additionally, the system administrator should be able to say [to
> + debconf may
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 06:01:14PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Summary:
>
> A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
> that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
Seconded.
> +
> +Files in /usr/share/doc should not be referenced by any program, and
>
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 08:04:37PM -0800, Jim Lynch wrote:
> + Additionally, the system administrator should be able to say
> [to debconf maybe?]
> + that files in /usr/share/doc never be installed, that they be
> + removed all at once or, having originally preferred same, that
> + they sho
Hi,
I think this is a good idea. I temporarily withhold my second, to suggest
this:
>
> Date:Wed, 01 Mar 2000 18:01:14 PST
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From:Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Bug#59403: [PROPOSED] restrictions on content of /usr/share
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Summary:
A proposal to limit the files that are placed in /usr/share/doc to those
that are not referred to by any programs on the system.
Rationale:
1. /usr/share/doc is showing signs of being used as a dumping ground for
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