On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:03:23PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Debian policy should be the minimalistic set of rules that
> packages follow, and expect other packages to foolow too, in order to
> have the system be greater than the sum of the parts. This is what
> allows packages to d
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes:
Anthony> On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:03:23PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Debian policy should be the minimalistic set of rules that
>> packages follow, and expect other packages to foolow too, in order to
>> have the system be greater than the sum of
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:03:38AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > and meet
> > the most frequent complaint about the old policy + packaging manual:
> > they contradict, and I have to look in two documents.
>
> Considering the packaging manual doesn't exist anymore, I don't see how
> anyone could
Hello,
I would like to mirror the base part of debian ftp server.
I just have red the mirror page from debian.org but I don't
find the list of files I need.
Any idea ?
Thanks
François
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On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 01:44:50AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Anthony> Policy at the moment provides a fairly thorough grounding in
> Anthony> Debian's best practices. That's highly useful.
>
> Thorough is a matter of opinion. I think it is inconsistent,
> bumbling mess, occasionall
Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Part I: The Debian Archive
> 1: DFSG and the sections of the archive (free, non-free, contrib, non-us)
non-us is a different archive.
> Part II: Packages and metadata
Refer to a dpkg reference instead and document extra restrictions
Wichert.
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On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 02:30:34PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Part I: The Debian Archive
> > 1: DFSG and the sections of the archive (free, non-free, contrib, non-us)
>
> non-us is a different archive.
I understand; this was just an imprecise abbreviatio
Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Surely either everything necessary should be in the dpkg reference or
> everything necessary should be in policy.
I'm not sure. I see them more as complementing each other, much like
RFC1855 (netiquette) complements RFC822 (email format) or how a
users manual comp
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Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Le Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 02:24:14PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa écrivait:
> > I was hoping to get libpkg-guide (library packaging guide) into
> > Developers Reference, although the terms and language is quite
> > d
Le Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:05:06AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo écrivait:
> - Debian Best Packaging Practices
>
> This item is vague. I assume we're talking about tips and developer
> materials not contained in policy?
Yes. It may also include things moved away from policy ... when the
distinction bet
>>"Julian" == Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Julian> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 02:30:34PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>>
>> Refer to a dpkg reference instead and document extra restrictions
Julian> Surely either everything necessary should be in the dpkg reference or
Julian> eve
>>"Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> I wish I could work on only this until I was done, leaving the other
Adam> bits to other co-maintainers.
Adam> Unfortunately I do not yet have any other co-maintainers --
Adam> volunteers, anyone?
I would not mind helping ou
>>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wichert> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
>> Surely either everything necessary should be in the dpkg reference or
>> everything necessary should be in policy.
Wichert> I'm not sure. I see them more as complementing each other, much l
[ -policy dropped because this message isn't relevant there ]
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 19:03, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> [...] This is what allows us to
> have a menu system, automated completions in bash, auto-recompilation
> of elisp packages, and a plethora of other synergies that elevates
> De
Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On the other hand, all packages must not be left to the whimsy
> of the dpkg developers either; since potentially large numbers of
> packages would be impacted by such changes.
I do hope you trust is to make changes sensibly. In fact the current
referen
Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit:
> > > I was hoping to get libpkg-guide (library packaging guide) into
> > > Developers Reference, although the terms and language is quite
> > > different.
> >
> > Agreed ... it fits well within "Debian Best Packaging Practices".
>
> Ok, I
http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2001/debian-project-200103/msg5.html
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> It's also those same characteristics which elevate Debian above
> operating systems which don't use Linux, such as NetBSD. So why not just
> say '...that elevates Debian above all other operating systems.'? It's
> more accurate, and you avoid having to write either Linux or GNU/Linux.
> A win a
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