Re: [Jan Vroonhof ] Re: [configure: feature request] Support configuration like `i386-linux'.

1999-12-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Any comments on this?

Re: [configure: feature request] Support configuration like `i386-linux'.

1999-12-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Kyle" == Kyle Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kyle> Karl M. Hegbloom writes: >> I would like if I could say `configure i386-linux', rather than >> `configure i386-debian-linux'. Here's why (one paragraph at >> top of page): Kyle> This makes no sense to me. Including

`dhelp' documentation heirarchy

1999-12-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I think we should begin to standardize the orginization of our documentation heirarchy. It would be good if the same basic organization applied to both the dhelp docs and to the info directory... For instance, I'd like it if, instead of a bunch of python module documents under "Programming

Re: webmin license

1999-12-20 Thread Henning Makholm
John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thus webmin could conceivably be judged DFSG free for > Debian GNU/Linux and fall into non-free for all other ports. There is no such thing as "DFSG-free on platform X". It either is everywhere or isn't anywhere. -- Henning Makholm

Re: Shared libs in non-standard locations

1999-12-20 Thread Joel Klecker
At 12:26 -0500 1999-12-19, Raul Miller wrote: >A better question is: what's a library? libtool's documentation describes libraries as "programs with multiple entry points, and more formally defined interfaces." >The simplest constraint on policy would be to label the shared library >stuff as appl

Re: base dependency warning

1999-12-20 Thread Yann Dirson
Yann Dirson writes: > Joey Hess writes: > > No, there are references to base in policy. > > Ah yes, how did I miss it ... ? Looks like it's just defined the way > it is not used, so throwing it out may not be a big deal :) > > > See my post to debian-policy. > > I will look for it.

Re: base dependency warning

1999-12-20 Thread Joey Hess
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Yann Dirson wrote: > Nice post - did you sumit the proposal ? I vote "for". I asked what people thought and got no responses until now. But yeah, I can make a formal proposal; please second. As it stands, policy says: 2.3.6. Base packages --

Re: base dependency warning

1999-12-20 Thread Joseph Carter
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 02:06:59PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > Nice post - did you sumit the proposal ? I vote "for". > > I asked what people thought and got no responses until now. But yeah, I can > make a formal proposal; please second. As it stands, policy says: > > 2.3.6. Base packages > ---