Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:56:27PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Adam" == Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Adam> I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan > Adam> Bernstein. Since there is no license for distributing the > Adam> source, I have made my source

Bug#83487: please add HTML version of FHS

2001-01-25 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.1.1.1 Severity: wishlist The package includes the FHS in ps, dvi and txt. Please consider adding the HTML version as well. Thanks. Greetings Marc -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux paola 2.2.18 #1 Tue Dec 12 11:54:38 CET 2

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Adam" == Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Uhh, why are there no redistribution terms on your package? >> (and since you do not in any way, shape, or form include Dan's >> code, your code is all that is in the package) Adam> There aren't any. The problem is that the "source pac

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread pape
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:46:37PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > I am trying to make a source package of daemontools by Dan Bernstein. Since > there is no license for distributing the source, I have made my source > package an installer package. The only problem I have is the Debian .diff Hello A

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 10:15:28AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on each > other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providing syslinks to > /usr/local/bin/ ? I believe Dan has indicated that much in e-mails, but I don't know if

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"pape" == pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pape> Is it policy conform to have a package (or packages depending on each pape> other) installing binaries in /usr/bin/ _and_ providing syslinks to pape> /usr/local/bin/ ? No. manoj -- When told he was making more per year than

Re: Source package policy problem.

2001-01-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 03:15:14AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Oh, for heavens sake. Start a fresh directory, called > foo-installer. Create a ./debian directory. create a script that > called create-foo-pkg-now (or something you like better); Also create > ./debis-dir-for-foo/debia

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-25 Thread Jakob Bøhm
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > >>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jakob> 2. Mechanical filtering on specific common issues including > Jakob> the meta-issue "other problems" becomes possible, e.g. when > Jakob> creating cd-roms or mirrors, or when setting up a > Jakob> fool

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-25 Thread Jakob Bøhm
Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > > Okay, hopefully the final language change: > > > > Proposal is to change section 2.1.5 of the Debian policy to say: > > > >Non-free programs with cryptographic program code must be stored on > >the "non-us" server because of export restrictions of the U.S.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jakob> I propose changing end to: Jakob> because of export, import and possession restrictions of various Jakob> countries (not limited to the USA). This is wrong. If there is no problem exporting it from the US, it shall be put on

Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

2001-01-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Jakob" == Jakob Bøhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jakob> What I was proposing was, that package maintainers would Jakob> (by some future policy change not directly related to non-us) Frankly, I would be opposed to such a policy mod. I am not convinced that such granularity does not o