Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-30 Thread Martin Mitchell
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 3.2.5. `debian/files' > > Must not ship in a shipped source package > > I tend to disagree this needs to be in policy. This should be in policy - it causes no end of problems for people doing binary only recompilations on other archs. >From the other

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-30 Thread Joey Hess
> > I tend to disagree this needs to be in policy. > > This should be in policy - it causes no end of problems for people doing > binary only recompilations on other archs. I'm not saying it's not important! I just feel that having to delete that file every time is a technical point of trivia th

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-28 Thread Joey Hess
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I think, then, there are a few things that should be moved > from the packaging to the policy manual. Agreed. But I think we should not rush this, and should go through the normal amendment process for these, with the only difference being we already have the tex

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Julian Gilbey wrote: >> Reading bug #31645, it seems clear that the Packaging Manual was >> accepted as policy, although Joey had reservations. >> >> Should I go ahead and make the modifications Manoj proposed? Joey> I continue to

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-27 Thread Raul Miller
Julian Gilbey wrote: > > Reading bug #31645, it seems clear that the Packaging Manual was > > accepted as policy, although Joey had reservations. > > > > Should I go ahead and make the modifications Manoj proposed? On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 09:42:54PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > I continue to disagre

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-27 Thread Edward Betts
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > Reading bug #31645, it seems clear that the Packaging Manual was > > accepted as policy, although Joey had reservations. > > > > Should I go ahead and make the modifications Manoj proposed? > > I continue to disagree that this has an

Re: Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
Julian Gilbey wrote: > Reading bug #31645, it seems clear that the Packaging Manual was > accepted as policy, although Joey had reservations. > > Should I go ahead and make the modifications Manoj proposed? I continue to disagree that this has any business being in policy. -- see shy jo

Packaging Manual is policy

1999-10-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
Reading bug #31645, it seems clear that the Packaging Manual was accepted as policy, although Joey had reservations. Should I go ahead and make the modifications Manoj proposed? Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Mat