Re: clarification of statement in packaging manual requested

1998-09-23 Thread Richard Braakman
James A. Treacy wrote: > In section 7 of the Debian Packaging Manual it is stated: > >Every package should also have an extended description. > > I just wanted clarification on whether the 'should' is intentional > or whether it should be 'must'. As the package descriptions are > important it

Re: clarification of statement in packaging manual requested

1998-09-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Jay" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jay> In section 7 of the Debian Packaging Manual it is stated: Jay>Every package should also have an extended description. Jay> I just wanted clarification on whether the 'should' is intentional Jay> or whether it should be 'must'. As the packa

clarification of statement in packaging manual requested

1998-09-23 Thread treacy
In section 7 of the Debian Packaging Manual it is stated: Every package should also have an extended description. I just wanted clarification on whether the 'should' is intentional or whether it should be 'must'. As the package descriptions are important it should be mandatory that every packa