Re: Bug#508644: mass bugfiling (against 8 packages) and/or new package default-mta

2009-02-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:15AM +0100, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: >>> Given that m-t-a is mentioned explicitly in policy, and that "default-mta" >>> will be a virtual package, I think this should be recorded in policy as well >>> - though if a clear consensus emerges on

Re: Bug#508644: mass bugfiling (against 8 packages) and/or new package default-mta

2009-02-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 06:32:45PM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > >> Hmmm. I partially agree, but then we have an unnecessary exception: > >> such virtual packages must have only one "provider", or else there > >> will be problems (IIRC) on dpkg, apt or ddbuild, if such dependency > >> is declar

Bug#446712: [PATCH] Allow comments in debian/control (bug#446712)

2009-02-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Julien Cristau writes: > meh. forgot to actually send this to the bug. Thank you! It occurred to me to check behavior with multiline fields as well. Here's a slightly modified version documenting that. Does this still look good to you? (And also requesting seconds from others.) --- a/policy