Re: Are build-dependancies mandatory?

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:05:08PM -0700, Daniel Schepler wrote: > Is this an inconsistency with the above quote from section 7.6, which > uses the word "may"? Yes. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths

Bug#42052: marked as done ([ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#83977: marked as done ([AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#85503: marked as done (section 3.1 of policy is confused)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#86436: marked as done (Build-Depends: should vs may)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#87233: marked as done (wording in section 9.2.2 could be better)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: Old proposals again (Re: [PROPOSAL] Re: Shared libs vs. plugins.)

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 01:03:09PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Manoj and I are only two people. Handling policy bugs is hard for a > > number of reasons: > > > > (1) There are a lot of them, and many of them are now quite long. > > > > (2) We don't have any official editorial rights, so unless

CVS jdg: * Finished updates to chapter 7

2001-04-30 Thread debian-policy
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: jdg Mon Apr 30 05:58:54 PDT 2001 Modified files: . : policy.sgml Log message: * Finished updates to chapter 7 * Scrapped chapter 8 (but preserved so that the rest of policy doesn't change

Re: Old proposals again (Re: [PROPOSAL] Re: Shared libs vs. plugins.)

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 12:18:46PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I made one posting with such a list, but I've been swamped > recently. I can start an automated posting of a list; with the master > list being in policy CVS so that either Julian or I can updfate it; > people can send me

Re: Bug#94827: tktable; Build-Depends: debhelper

2001-04-30 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20010430T000601-0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Now you're tempting me to go make a package that builds without using > those nasty "helper" programs dpkg-deb, dpkg-gencontrol, and > dpkg-shlibdeps.. :-P You could probably do without the latter two, but IIRC the deb format is internal to dpkg and dpkg

Bug#79538: Reassign to dh-make

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
severity 79538 fixed retitle 79538 [REJECTED] Include FDL in common-licenses thanks The dh_make package no longer has this bug. So as there is no consensus at this stage to include the FDL in common-licenses, I am going to mark this proposal as rejected. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Bug#79541: include the apache license in base-files

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
severity 79451 fixed retitle 79541 [OLD PROPOSAL] include the apache license in base-files Since there has been no progress on this proposal, I'm marking it as an old proposal. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, D

Processed: Merging invoke-rc.d stuff

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 60974 wishlist Bug#60974: xemacs20 and the console Severity set to `wishlist'. > merge 60979 87994 Bug#60979: What /etc/init.d/xxx restart does? Bug#87994: [PROPOSAL] better initscript definition, and adding 'restart-if-running' Mismatch - on

Processed: Bug#79541: include the apache license in base-files

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 79451 fixed Bug number 79451 not found. > retitle 79541 [OLD PROPOSAL] include the apache license in base-files Bug#79541: include the apache license in base-files Changed Bug title. > Since there has been no progress on this proposal, I'm ma

Processed: Reassign to dh-make

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 79538 fixed Bug#79538: [PROPOSED] FDL is missing from common-licenses Severity set to `fixed'. > retitle 79538 [REJECTED] Include FDL in common-licenses Bug#79538: [PROPOSED] FDL is missing from common-licenses Changed Bug title. > thanks Sto

Bug#87159: marked as done (explanation of Build-Depends et. al. is unclear)

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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CVS jdg: * Change names of policy maintainers (finish the job)

2001-04-30 Thread debian-policy
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: jdg Mon Apr 30 14:08:36 PDT 2001 Modified files: . : menu-policy.sgml mime-policy.sgml perl-policy.sgml policy.sgml upgrading-checklist.html

Processed: Merge policy bugs - take 2

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 60979 wishlist Bug#60979: What /etc/init.d/xxx restart does? Severity set to `wishlist'. > merge 60979 87994 Bug#60979: What /etc/init.d/xxx restart does? Bug#87994: [PROPOSAL] better initscript definition, and adding 'restart-if-running' Mer

Processed: try again

2001-04-30 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 79541 fixed Bug#79541: [OLD PROPOSAL] include the apache license in base-files Severity set to `fixed'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database)

Bug#95906: debian-policy: Debian policy manual description should mention the packaging manual incorporation

2001-04-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.3.0 Severity: normal The debian-policy manual now includes what used to be in the separate packaging-manual package, but the description remains unchanged. I was momentarily confused, and would appreciate it if a suitable note were in the package description so