Re: Bug#39830: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 12:06:53AM +0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: > But this doesn't solve the other problem: dpkg -L shows these symlinks > as real man pages. This is annoying at least for me... But why on earth are you looking for manual pages with dpkg -L? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex

Re: /var/state?

1999-06-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:04:19 +0200, you wrote: >Marc Haber schrieb am Sonntag, den 27. Juni 1999: >> /var/state isn't in the fsstnd, yet it exists on Debian slink. Is >> there a text available that states what belongs into /var/state vs. >> /var/lib ("application state information")? > >/var/state

Re: weekly policy summary

1999-06-28 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A better way to configure debian systems (#38703) > * Stalled for 2 weeks. > * Proposed on 1 Jun 1999 by Goswin Brederlow; seconded by Falk > Hueffner. > * Another configuration management proposal. The one above replaces the one below. > Configu

Re: Bug#39830: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-28 Thread Roland Rosenfeld
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 12:06:53AM +0200, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: > > But this doesn't solve the other problem: dpkg -L shows these > > symlinks as real man pages. This is annoying at least for me... > But why on earth are you looking for manual pages

Bug#38902: PROPOSED] data section

1999-06-28 Thread Peter Makholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Darren O. Benham writes: > Since there is interest in packaging census data, maps, genome data > and other huge datasets I and since most people agreed that dropping them > in main or contrib is not a great idea, I propose the creation of a data > section to res

Re: Bug#40282: ae: Improper priority 'required'

1999-06-28 Thread Dale Scheetz
ae is required, as it is the only editor on the base system. This was discussed in the past and I understood that we were going to leave it alone. If policy implies otherwise, we may need a clarification of the policy that makes it clear where ae stands. Personally, I have no problems setting th

Re: Bug#40282: ae: Improper priority 'required'

1999-06-28 Thread Thomas Quinot
Le 1999-06-28, Dale Scheetz écrivait : > This was discussed in the past and I understood that we were going > to leave it alone. Yes. I submitted the bug on May 1st, before the discussion took place, but for some reason it showed up in the BTS only yesterday. Thomas. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#39830: PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would it be too radical to suggest that the maintainer who > does not have the resources to write the man page at least > file a bug report to remind himself (and perhaps signal volunteer man > page writers) that the manual page is missing,

Bug#39830: PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

1999-06-28 Thread Ron
> Who reminds the volunteer that the man page needs to be updated each > time the primary documentation is updated? er.. whoever files the bug report that says the man page is out of date??

Re: Bug#40282: ae: Improper priority 'required'

1999-06-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > ae is required, as it is the only editor on the base system. This was > discussed in the past and I understood that we were going to leave it > alone. I thought "being in the base system" and "being of required priority" were orthogonal issues. ae is in

Re: Bug#40282: ae: Improper priority 'required'

1999-06-28 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > ae is required, as it is the only editor on the base system. This was > > discussed in the past and I understood that we were going to leave it > > alone. > > I thought "being in the base system" and "bein