Bug#83072: PROPOSED] tightening up the ban on /usr/X11R6 in packages

2001-01-22 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:02:44AM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > Just nitpicking, but I'd like to see this worded a bit different, > > perhaps as a clarification in the sense that programs compiled using > > Imakefiles will be migrat

Bug#82966: X font utilities moved from xbase-clients to xutils

2001-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
Seconded, in this form. Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:44:28PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 04:45:01PM +0100, Roland Rosenfeld wrote: > > So here's a little patch to fix the package names in the current > > policy: > > I second this proposal, amended as

Bug#83063: PROPOSED] enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy

2001-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
I think this change should say something about full screen support. Otherwise, if 9term were modified such that -T is equivalent to -label, it would get the highest priority -- but it emulates a printer. -- Raul On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:27:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Package: debian

Bug#83069: PROPOSED] bringing X app-defaults policy into the era of XFree86 4

2001-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
Seconded. Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:44:02PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.2.1.2 > Severity: wishlist > > This policy revision is long overdue, since the transition away from the > current policy is actually largely complete already. > >

Bug#83063: PROPOSED] enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy

2001-01-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 04:43:12AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I think this change should say something about full screen support. Full screen support? What does that mean? Maximizable to the size of the root window? Works well with the "screen" program? > Otherwise, if 9term were modified suc

Re: Proposal: Splitting cgi-bin

2001-01-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Brian" == Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The best path may be to get the http server packages to add in >> the new script directory as an alias, and then put the change in >> policy as a recommendation, and, later, when most packages have had a >> chance to change, we can put in

Bug#83063: PROPOSED] enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy

2001-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 04:43:12AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > I think this change should say something about full screen support. On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:43:39AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Full screen support? What does that mean? Maximizable to the size of the > root window? Works

Re: undocumented.7 being abused

2001-01-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> >> Since lintian reports the absence of a manpage as an error, maintainers >> (specially new maintainer) proceed to install a link pointing to >> undocumented.7 instead of actually providing a manpage. > > The previous lintian maintainer was considering the idea of making the > use of undo

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-22 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jakob Bøhm wrote: > Placing crypto software in any part of the main > archive still has a very important legal problem: > Sorry, to be putting down a nice idea, but I would > hate to see the project getting in trouble from > checking only US laws. 'non-US' seems to be a mis

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-22 Thread Jakob Bøhm
Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > > 'non-US' seems to be a misnomer nowadays (as it has been for some time > already). Should it perhaps be replaced by 'crypto' and 'patented', so > that both can be separately mirrored in different countries? > > Remco > -- Many crypto algorithms are patented, so there

Re: undocumented.7 being abused

2001-01-22 Thread Colin Watson
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The previous lintian maintainer was considering the idea of making the >> use of undocumented(7) a warning. (Which seems appropriate, since you >> do have to have a bug report on file, which means that it's something >> you *should* fix.) With t

Bug#83063: PROPOSED] enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy

2001-01-22 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hi, I think this proposal is too biased to UTF-8. UTF-8 is mere one encoding out of many encodings in the world, though it is an important one. Thus, I propose to add + If the terminal emulator supports ISO-2022 encoding, + add 10 points. + If the terminal emulator

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-22 Thread Glenn McGrath
Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jakob Bøhm wrote: > > > Placing crypto software in any part of the main > > archive still has a very important legal problem: > > > > Sorry, to be putting down a nice idea, but I would > > hate to see the project getting in trouble from > > check