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> retitle 40934 [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization
Bug#40934: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization
Changed Bug title.
> forwarded 40934 debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Bug#40934: [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz saniti
I second this proposal.
[Joey, do you want to change the status of this proposal in the BTS?]
Julian
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Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 09:55:31PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Joseph Carter wrote:
> > I think the html changelog SHOULD be there since that is its native form.
> > lynx can be guaranteed to make a mess of anything more complex than a
> > simple HTML file and as a result the original HTML should be
Joseph Carter wrote:
> I think the html changelog SHOULD be there since that is its native form.
> lynx can be guaranteed to make a mess of anything more complex than a
> simple HTML file and as a result the original HTML should be provided in
> those cases. Since it's hard to deal with ifs like t
On debian-policy, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My rationale for mandating a changelog.gz is for consitency, so you can
> easily find the changelog in every package.
>
> I don't have a rationale for requiring a html changelog, because that is
> already in policy. It went in last fall, I b
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Hi,
>>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joey>If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it may be
Joey>made available as /usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain
Joey>text version of the changelog must be accessible as
On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 02:09:36PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> I think Manoj has a point. How about:
>
>If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it may be
>made available as /usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain
>text version of the changelog must be accessible as
>/usr/doc/
On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 12:44:51PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Edward Betts wrote:
> > On debian-policy, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text:
> > >
> > > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessibl
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be
> > > accessible as `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain
> > > text version of the changelog must be accessible as
> > > `/usr/doc//changelog.gz' (this can be created by
> > > `lynx
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be
>
> must?
>
> >> > accessible as `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain
> >> > text version of the changelog must be accessible as
> >> > `/usr/doc//changelog.gz' (this can be created b
Hi,
>>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be
must?
>> > accessible as `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain
>> > text version of the changelog must be accessible as
>> > `/usr/doc//changelog.gz' (this
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text:
> > >
> > > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible
> > > as
> > > `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
> > > changelog must
Hi,
On 16 Jul, Joey Hess wrote:
>
> > On debian-policy, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be
> > > accessible as
> > > `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
> > > changelog must be accessible as `
Edward Betts wrote:
> On debian-policy, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text:
> >
> > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as
> > `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
On debian-policy, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text:
>
> If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as
> `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
> changelog must be accessi
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
>Ok, I accept the amendment into my proposal. The new proposed text:
>
> If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as
> `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
> changelog must be accessib
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > How about mandating a non-HTML changelog.gz generated with lynx -dump
> > -nolist | gzip?
>
> I have no problem with this. However, I don't think we should mandate the
> conversion tool. Any form of conversion to plain text should be a
Branden Robinson wrote:
> Er, uhh, I don't like that because I think that, in general, HTML documents
> should be identifiable as such by their filename. Ideally, they should
> have the ".html" suffix.
I was going to disagree with this on the ground html is easy to read, until
I read mozilla's ch
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 11:02:26AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as
> `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz' with
> `/usr/doc//changelog.gz' being a symbolic link to it.
Er, uhh, I don't like that because I think that, in general, H
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Policy currently says that:
If the upstream changelog file is text formatted, it must be accessible as
`/usr/doc//changelog.gz'. If the upstream changelog file is HTML
formatted, it must be accessible as `/usr/doc//changelog.html.gz'.
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