Re: Bug#51842: [PROPOSED] closing hole in DFSG that can force you to include some text in advertisement

1999-12-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Ok, perhaps it wasn't clear. My meaning was that I think we Joey> should solicit Bruce's opinion on any changes to the DFSG. It I fail to see why one would do that any more than, say, RMS or ESR, or Alan Cox or Linus. Joey> wou

Re: Bug#50832: AMENDMENT] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes

1999-12-10 Thread Chris Waters
Anthony Towns writes: > [1 ] > On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 02:06:47AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > Furthermore, it occurs to me that the problem isn't just essential > > packages. If libc6 fails to work during an upgrade, we're equally bad > > off, but libc6 isn't essential. So, the proposal is

Re: Bug#50832: AMENDMENT] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes

1999-12-10 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 01:09:29AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > Here's a thought: the system should actually *pre*-depend on packages > that are required by the packaging system itself. But essential > packages are treated (at least by dpkg) as universal dependencies, not > universal pre-dependenc

Re: Bug#50832: AMENDMENT] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes

1999-12-10 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 01:09:29AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 02:06:47AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > > > Furthermore, it occurs to me that the problem isn't just essential > > > packages. If libc6 fails to work during an upgrade, we're equally bad > > > off, but libc6

Bug#42554: weekly policy summary

1999-12-10 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > What do people think of: Well, it's significantly different from the original proposal, which I disliked. i like your version much better, and would second it if it were formally proposed. > --- - Wed Dec 8 22:11:23 1999 > +++ policy.text Wed Dec 8 22:11:11 1999 > @@ -2