Christian Schoenebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, your suggestion sounds to me like "putting the cart before the
> horse". If "getting the packages to change" would easily realisable then
> there would be no need for a policy. How should I ever get packagers to
> accept my proposal when t
Es geschah am Mittwoch 01 Juni 2005 21:58 als Chris Waters schrieb:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 04:08:54PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > Because if it would get part of the policy to be mandatory , then
> > developers would get stressed or at least noticed/pointed to by
> > (hopefully
> > p
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 04:08:54PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> Because if it would get part of the policy to be mandatory , then developers
> would get stressed or at least noticed/pointed to by (hopefully
> policy-updated) packaging scripts.
You misunderstand the purpose of policy.
Es geschah am Mittwoch 01 Juni 2005 15:12 als Bill Allombert schrieb:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:31:27AM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > Es geschah am Mittwoch 01 Juni 2005 01:33 als Bill Allombert schrieb:
> > > 1) Debian Policy mandate the information in the copyright file already:
> >
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:31:27AM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> Es geschah am Mittwoch 01 Juni 2005 01:33 als Bill Allombert schrieb:
> > 1) Debian Policy mandate the information in the copyright file already:
> >
> > 12.5. Copyright information
> > ---
> > ...
> >
Es geschah am Mittwoch 01 Juni 2005 01:33 als Bill Allombert schrieb:
> 1) Debian Policy mandate the information in the copyright file already:
>
> 12.5. Copyright information
> ---
> ...
>
> In addition, the copyright file must say where the upstream sources
> (if
Es geschah am Freitag 13 Mai 2005 22:15 als Adeodato Simó schrieb:
> * Christian Schoenebeck [Fri, 13 May 2005 21:41:46 +0200]:
> > IMO at least the upstream source field should become mandatory for Debian
> > packages in future. On some packages it's really not that easy to trace
> > back the orig
On May 13, Christian Schoenebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> packages in future. On some packages it's really not that easy to trace back
> the original upstream source, because not every maintainer is adding that to
> the copyright or README.Debian file.
Then open bugs on these packages, do no
Christian Schoenebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Es geschah am Freitag 13 Mai 2005 22:15 als Adeodato Simó schrieb:
>> Hence no need for this, its place is not the description but the
>> copyright file, already.
> Right, but as a package description field it's easy to ensure
> (automatical
Es geschah am Freitag 13 Mai 2005 22:15 als Adeodato Simó schrieb:
> That if a package does not contain those two bits of information in
> the copyright file (author and where to get the source), you should
> file a serious bug against the package, since the Debian Policy §12.5
> mandates t
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 09:41:46PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would like to ask for adding a new field to Debian package descriptions
> which defines the upstream source of a package, that is the location where
> the original sources were downloaded and probably optional as
* Christian Schoenebeck [Fri, 13 May 2005 21:41:46 +0200]:
> IMO at least the upstream source field should become mandatory for Debian
> packages in future. On some packages it's really not that easy to trace back
> the original upstream source, because not every maintainer is adding that to
>
Hi!
I would like to ask for adding a new field to Debian package descriptions
which defines the upstream source of a package, that is the location where
the original sources were downloaded and probably optional as another field
the upstream authors, like:
Upstream-Source: http://www.getithere
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