Bug#976402: marked as done (Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt)

2020-12-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt

2020-12-14 Thread Dave Steele
Update. No todo, and suggest the following for todo.txt text: command-line task management utility compatible with todo.txt CLI ( http://todotxt.org) On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 2:57 PM Dave Steele wrote: > Please update the Authoritative List of Virtual Package Names to > include "todo" and "to

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2020-12-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#976402: topydo: provides /usr/bin/todo with incompatible interface compared to devtodo

2020-12-14 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 06:30:12PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > I disagree. The two packages provide the same functionality - the ability > > to add, remove, modify and display todo lists. Alternatives routinely offer > > different option sets and commands. > > /usr/bin/todo is not registered

Re: Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 14 Dec 2020 at 09:35AM -05, Dave Steele wrote: > Update. No todo, and suggest the following for todo.txt text: > > command-line task management utility compatible with todo.txt CLI ( > http://todotxt.org) Could you provide an actual patch against policy.git, please, for secondi

Bug#976402: Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 + moreinfo Hello David, On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 12:15PM -05, David Steele wrote: > I'd like to propose adding the virtual packages "todo" and "todo.txt" to > the authoritative list of virtual package names. I'm submitting this per > Policy section 3.6 and the preamble to the [autho

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2020-12-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 + moreinfo Bug #976402 [debian-policy] Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt Added tag(s) moreinfo. -- 976402: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976402 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#975250: clarify gathering together of copyright information

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Sam, On Tue 01 Dec 2020 at 08:07AM -05, Sam Hartman wrote: > * Sean would prefer that you not be able to collapse years. He hasn't > said whether his objection is strong enough to try and block > consensus. My initial comments were motivated by the very same concerns as Russ: On Sat

Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 07:49PM +01, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 02:37:08PM +0100, Oxan van Leeuwen wrote: >> Source: debian-policy >> Version: 4.5.1.0 >> Severity: normal >> >> Currently Policy requires that init.d scripts, and only init.d scripts, don't >> fail if the c

Bug#975637: debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Ansgar, On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 01:37PM +01, Ansgar wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: normal > > After a discussion in #-devel today I reviewed packages using other > choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and "binary-targets". The > query [1] found two uses:

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2020-12-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 + patch Bug #976402 [debian-policy] Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt Added tag(s) patch. -- 976402: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976402 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#976402: Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt

2020-12-14 Thread David Steele
control: tag -1 + patch On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:42 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > > Could you provide an actual patch against policy.git, please, for > seconding? See README.md in policy.git for more info. > > -- > Sean Whitton > https://salsa.debian.org/steele/policy/-/tree/bug976402-steele d

Bug#976402: Proposed official virtual packages - todo and todo.txt

2020-12-14 Thread David Steele
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:48 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > > > Putting aside the use of the alternatives system, why is a virtual > package wanted? When would it be useful to be able to declare a > dependency and have it satisfied by one of these implementations? > > As an example, a future rev of an