Bug#567033: Decide if we should continue recommending /usr/games

2017-08-11 Thread Axel Beckert
trying to use ArchLinux's pacman package manager /etc/needrestart/hook.d/30-pacman (https://bugs.debian.org/752114) Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2

[developers-reference] branch devref-vs-#769845 created (now 5c152e0)

2017-12-06 Thread Axel Beckert
This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. abe pushed a change to branch devref-vs-#769845 in repository developers-reference. at 5c152e0 Don't recommend to use "if [ -x /usr/bin/ ]; …" in maintainer scripts This branch includes the following new commits:

[developers-reference] 01/01: Don't recommend to use "if [ -x /usr/bin/ ]; …" in maintainer scripts

2017-12-06 Thread Axel Beckert
This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. abe pushed a commit to branch devref-vs-#769845 in repository developers-reference. commit 5c152e0a5aae7f84c11062643f1065b3b86a34a0 Author: Axel Beckert Date: Thu Dec 7 02:22:43 2017 +0100 Don't recommend to use &qu

Bug#883742: developers-reference: §6.4: Please don't recommend to use "if [ -x /usr/bin/ ]; …" in maintainer scripts

2017-12-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.19 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, §6.4 recommends: > If you need to check for the existence of a command, you should use > something like > > if [ -x /usr/sbin/install-docs ]; then ... This has been proven to introduce technical debt (see https://list

Bug#971977: debian-policy: debian/changelog date syntax description inconsistent/ambiguous wrt. to day of month

2020-10-10 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.3 Severity: minor Triggered by writing https://bugs.debian.org/971975 against lintian (which actually was triggered by writing another bug report, #971974 :-), I noticed that in https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#debian-changelog-debian-c

Bug#971977: debian-policy: debian/changelog date syntax description inconsistent/ambiguous wrt. to day of month

2020-10-12 Thread Axel Beckert
n again, English is not my mother tongue and I might be wrong here.) Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `-| 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE

Bug#983065: debian-policy: Downgrades are not allowed / Package upgrades must have a greater version than previous packages of the same name in the same suite

2021-02-18 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: normal Hi, I know this is very obvious, but if you read * https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities and * https://release.debian.org/testing/rc_policy.txt it seems as if it should be listed somewhere in the policy that package downgrades

Bug#626408: debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt: /url/lib -> /usr/lib

2011-05-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: minor >From upgrading-checklist.txt: 9.1.1 Packages installing to architecture-specific subdirectories of `/url/lib' must use the value returned by `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH', not by `dpkg-architect

Bug#638060: debian-policy: §9.1.1: FHS should also be a "must" for generated files

2011-08-16 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: minor Policy 9.1.1 states: "The location of all installed files and directories must comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) [...]". IMHO this should not only cover "installed files" (which I interpret as "files being shipped in packag

Bug#638060: debian-policy: §9.1.1: FHS should also be a "must" for generated files

2012-02-26 Thread Axel Beckert
ended meaning. Thanks. I'm fine with that solution as the wording is way more clearly and less clumsy than my suggestion. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `'

Bug#679326: debian-policy: DMUA should covered more explicitly

2012-06-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.3.0 Severity: minor Hi, the policy currently doesn't explain all aspects and especially not all restrictions of the DM-Upload-Allowed field usage. This means that someone who can not follow the link to the GR (i.e. because reading an offline version of the pol

Bug#679326: debian-policy: DMUA should covered more explicitly

2012-06-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Well, ok, but at least the intention should be clear. The current state obviously confuses and misleads people. And that's a thing which should definitely be fixed. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer,

Bug#750017: perl-policy: All packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency

2014-06-01 Thread Axel Beckert
nsion of perlapi-$Config{debian_abi} using > the Config module. If $Config{debian_abi} > is empty or not set, $Config{version} must be used. > Seconded. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :

Bug#798714: debian-policy: Please explicitly recommend punctuation between the year, month and day components of date based version numbers

2015-09-11 Thread Axel Beckert
015.09.23 or so. And if someone thinks that makes it less obvious where the date starts, a different delimiter before the date could be chosen, e.g. 10+2015.09.23. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Develope

Bug#798714: debian-policy: Please explicitly recommend punctuation between the year, month and day components of date based version numbers

2015-09-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Russ, thanks for your insight on that topic. Russ Allbery wrote: > Axel Beckert writes: > > > To demonstrate my point, please sort the following version numbers in > > your head: > > > * 20110111.0 > > * 2010.1 > > * 2011.2 > > * 9.201

Bug#798714: debian-policy: Please explicitly recommend punctuation between the year, month and day components of date based version numbers

2015-09-12 Thread Axel Beckert
19)[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}($|[^0-9])' -s Package | wc -l 17 Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `-| 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE