Re: Bug#748936: apt doesnt understand architecture wildcards

2017-01-08 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 01:33:08AM +, James Clarke wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 12:05:18AM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 01:39:45PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:31:52PM +0100, Balint Reczey wrote: > > > > On 06/04/2014 03:41 AM,

Re: Mismatch between documentation and reality: Valid-Until

2017-01-09 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 02:49:04PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > Hi, > > dak and https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat seem to disagree on the > definition of the Valid-Until field. dak writes "UTC" as the timezone into > the Release file, where the repository format references policy 4.4 but >

Bug#878905: debian-policy: Document installability recommendations for dependency alternatives

2017-10-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal APT's solver is greedy and sometimes has a hard time to recover from paths that don't work out in the end. We see this with opencv failing to build on !linux-any because: (1) dconf-service depends default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus (2) default-dbu

Bug#878905: debian-policy: Document installability recommendations for dependency alternatives

2017-10-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:03:43PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 at 18:12:29 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > (1) dconf-service depends default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus > > (2) default-dbus-session-bus is provided by an Architecture: all pa

Bug#878905: debian-policy: Document installability recommendations for dependency alternatives

2017-10-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:02:21AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > > APT's solver is greedy and sometimes has a hard time to recover from paths > > that > > don't work out in the end. We see this with opencv failing

Bug#878905: debian-policy: Document installability recommendations for dependency alternatives

2017-10-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:47:56AM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 at 11:54:49 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:02:21AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > > This is made especially difficult because since policy 4.0.1.0 we a

Bug#906286: repository-format sub-policy

2018-08-16 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist (more of a discussion for now) 6 years ago we started working on documenting the repository format in the wiki[1] with the goal of making it a sub policy. I have not done any work on converting it. Should we move forward now with turning it into a policy

Bug#906901: debian-policy: Perl script shebang requirement is disturbing and inconsistent with rest of policy

2018-08-23 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 07:04:10PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:42:11PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> I do feel like allowing either based on the whim of the packager is just > >> kind of bad. It produces inconsistent behavi

Re: Bug#919543: apt: when installing with deb file, prerm maintainer script doesn't pass new-package-name before it's replaced due to conflict

2019-01-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:03:01AM +0800, Allen wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.2.19 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > > I am creating a deb packages which will replace another package. And before > the > old package are removed, I want to check whether the package is remove due to

Bug#983304: please document "Protected" field

2021-02-22 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 09:23:00AM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > Source: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > > In Julian Andres Klode's blog I've [1] glimpsed: > > > New features > > [...] > > The Protected field is now supported. It replaces the previous Important > > field

Bug#636383: debian-policy: 10.2 and others: private libraries may also be multi-arch-ified

2011-08-02 Thread Julian Andres Klode
300, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndr

Bug#492624: debian-policy: Allow internal debconf questions

2008-07-27 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: minor Quoting 3.9.1: "Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification must allow for trans- lation of their messages by using a gettext-based system such as the one provided by the po-debconf package." But internal debconf q

Bug#492624: debian-policy: Allow internal debconf questions

2008-07-27 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Joey Hess wrote: > Julian Andres Klode wrote: >> Quoting 3.9.1: >> "Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification must >> allow for trans- >> lation of their messages by using a gettext-based system such as the one >> provided by

Bug#492624: debian-policy: Allow internal debconf questions

2008-07-30 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Russ Allbery wrote: > Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Joey Hess wrote: >>> Julian Andres Klode wrote: > >>>> Quoting 3.9.1: > >>>> "Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification >>>&g

Bug#532120: Require support for temporary /var/run/ and /var/lock in all packages

2009-06-06 Thread Julian Andres Klode
in/sh linked to /bin/dash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: ii doc-base 0.9.2 utilities to manage online documen -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Free Sof

Bug#532120: Require support for temporary /var/run/ and /var/lock in all packages

2009-06-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:04:21AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 05:01:46PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Therefore, I propose to change the requirement so that all packages must > > support /var/run/ and /var/lock/ on temporary filesystems, and not

Bug#1067155: debian-policy: prerm scripts cannot actually rely on dependencies

2024-03-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: de...@lists.debian.org, debian-d...@lists.debian.org APT's installation planner does not consider dependencies of packages being scheduled for removal, so a prerm must fail equally gracefully as a postrm does in absence of its dependencies.

Bug#1093960: debian-policy: Strengthen 2.3 "copyright consideration" requirements

2025-01-24 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 10:54:53AM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.7.0.2 > Severity: minor > X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@debian.org, ftpmas...@debian.org > > I like to propose roughly the following changes, to bring > the specification of

Bug#1093960: debian-policy: Strengthen 2.3 "copyright consideration" requirements

2025-01-24 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 12:08:55PM +, Sean Whitton wrote: > control: tag -1 + wontfix > > Hello, > > The existing text you're removing was carefully worked out with > ftpmaster to try to reduce the burden on maintainers. > Just deleting it would be a clear step backwards. That may well be bu

Bug#1093960: debian-policy: Strengthen 2.3 "copyright consideration" requirements

2025-01-24 Thread Julian Andres Klode
preserved. >From 45a1d775788380b5e260c0be7f91cd362b4dde3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:44:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Change d/copyright requirements to reflect reality Remove the need to only preserve copyright information required to be retained b