Re: Must and should: new proposal (was: Re: Must and should again)

2001-04-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:49PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > It's only people on -policy that have to realise that MUSTs and SHOULDs > don't have the rfc meaning, though, afaics. Violating a MUST in an RFC No, it's the readers/users of Policy. And they are the ones who have been getting confu

Bug#83977: PROPOSED] include Perl Policy

2001-04-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 02:37:04AM +1000, Brendan O'Dea wrote: > Final revision of the Perl policy. Full text at: > > http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/perl-policy.sgml > > This version incorporates the following major changes: > > * arch-indep modules need to declare a minimum depe

Bug#80343: general -> debian-policy

2001-04-17 Thread Colin Watson
reassign 80343 debian-policy thanks "Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user", hence policy. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Processed: Bug#80343: general -> debian-policy

2001-04-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 80343 debian-policy Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user Bug reassigned from package `general' to `debian-policy'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren

Re: Must and should: new proposal (was: Re: Must and should again)

2001-04-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 10:08:24AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:49PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > It's only people on -policy that have to realise that MUSTs and SHOULDs > > don't have the rfc meaning, though, afaics. Violating a MUST in an RFC > No, it's the reade

Re: Must and should: new proposal (was: Re: Must and should again)

2001-04-17 Thread Richard Braakman
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:35:46AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > aj, who'd rather relying on things that are objectively verifiable, rather > than oracles like the policy editor or the release manager The RFC usages of SHOULD and MUST have spread far beyond the RFCs, they are popular among gro

Re: Bug#93724: base-files: please move undocumented(7) from manpages

2001-04-17 Thread Colin Watson
Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm sorry but I'm not willing to do this if the maintainer of the >manpages package disagrees. Please convince him first. I think the >policy group should be able to determine where the undocumented(7) >manpage should go, hence the reassign. OK ... I assum

Bug#93724: base-files: please move undocumented(7) from manpages (fwd)

2001-04-17 Thread Colin Watson
Bah, I meant to file this in the bug report, and have the thread directed there. Sorry for the noise. --- start of forwarded message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) To: debian-policy@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#93724: base-files: please move undocumented(7) from manpages I

Re: Must and should: new proposal (was: Re: Must and should again)

2001-04-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Julian" == Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Julian> - MUST and SHOULD change to the universally-recognised IETF meanings Julian> - the distinction between RC and non-RC bugs is retained clearly Julian> - it's clear what one ought to do to create a "good" Debian package Julian>