Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Yann" == Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yann> 2.1.7. Subsections Yann> "The packages in the _main_, _contrib_, Yann> and _non-free_ sections are grouped further into _s

Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-04 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Richard Braakman wrote: > Not subsections, actually. The non-us packages are still in one directory > per section, and many just say "non-US" in their Section header. Aren't those packaged broken then? Wichert. -- =

Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-04 Thread Richard Braakman
Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Nonono, non-US is grouped into main, contrib and non-free, which are > divided into subsections. Basically you should consider ftp.debian.org > and nonus.debian.org as two complete archives, each seperated into > releases, sections and subsections. Not subsections, actual

Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-04 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the comments. > > >>"Yann" == Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yann> 2.1.7. Subsections > Yann> "The packages in the _main_, _contrib_, > Yann> and _non-free_ sections are grouped further into _subsections_ to > Yann>

Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Thanks for the comments. >>"Yann" == Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yann> 2.1.7. Subsections Yann> "The packages in the _main_, _contrib_, Yann> and _non-free_ sections are grouped further into _subsections_ to Yann> simplify handling of them". Yann> This is also true

Re: Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-01 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jul 01, Yann Dirson wrote: > 5.6. Mail transport agents > > "The mail spool is `/var/spool/mail'" > > Is this really necessary ? exim uses another one > (/var/spool/exim/input/ IIRC) and I don't think it breaks anything but > the policy here. I think you're confusing the internal mail queue

Some comments on policy 3.0.0.0 proposal (1999-06-29)

1999-07-01 Thread Yann Dirson
2.1.7. Subsections "The packages in the _main_, _contrib_, and _non-free_ sections are grouped further into _subsections_ to simplify handling of them". This is also true for "non-US", I think ? 2.3.2. The maintainer of a package "If the maintainer of a package quits from the Debian project t