Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:31:06AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-main] > > 2.2.1 The main section > > Every package in main and non-US/main must comply with the DFSG > > (Debian Free Software Guidelines). > > In addition, the packa

Re: libmng possibly in need of orphaning

2004-10-01 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Anibal Monsalve Salazar [Sat, 02 Oct 2004 06:36:18 +1000]: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:45:07PM -0500, Graham Wilson wrote: > >libmng 1.0.8-1 builds fine for me on powerpc. I wonder if the build > >error on voltaire is transient or not. In any case, I can upload a > >local build if needed. > Ple

Re: please update pppoeconf in Sarge

2004-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 02:06:17AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Bastian Venthur schrieb am Freitag, den 01. Oktober 2004: > > Package: pppoeconf > > Version: 1.0.4 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > Outdated like hell and fixed many weeks ago. Sarge should really i

please update pppoeconf in Sarge

2004-10-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Bastian! Bastian Venthur schrieb am Freitag, den 01. Oktober 2004: > Package: pppoeconf > Version: 1.0.4 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable Outdated like hell and fixed many weeks ago. Sarge should really include the current version from Debian unstable (1.0.9). Forw

Re: Request for pushing slang packages into testing

2004-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 07:54:08AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > The slang 1.4.9dbs-8 packages are needed in testing for fixing a crash > experienced when dealing with zero-size characters in RTL languages > such as Arabic. > This version of the package includes a patch by Steve Langasek and >

Re: upgrade-i386

2004-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:07:25PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > So I produced a kernel intended for the upgrade-i386 directory. > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/08/msg02087.html > I wanted it to be tested, but nobody has paid any attention. I don't > currently have a place t

upgrade-i386

2004-10-01 Thread Nathanael Nerode
So I produced a kernel intended for the upgrade-i386 directory. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/08/msg02087.html I wanted it to be tested, but nobody has paid any attention. I don't currently have a place to upload it. I send this message to debian-release in hopes that someon

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-01 10:31]: > > In addition, the packages in main > > > > - must not require a package outside of main for compilation or > > execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", > > "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-m

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Adrian Bunk] > I read your policy in a way that these things must be fulfilled on > all architectures. Yes, I realised that this was your interpretation of the Debian Policy. My interpretation is different. I'm not quite sure how to reach we should conclusion on which interpretation is the one

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:31:06AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Adrian Bunk] > > If you can't fulfill a Recommends, that's a violation of section > > 2.2.1. of your policy. > > That is not how I interpret section 2.2.1. > > [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-main]

Re: a failed purge is RC

2004-10-01 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:27:32AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:36:09AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > severity 274272 grave > > thanks > > > > A failed purge of a package is definitely RC. > > Yes, but it doesn't 'render the package useless, or mostly so'. The > righ

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Adrian Bunk] > If you can't fulfill a Recommends, that's a violation of section > 2.2.1. of your policy. That is not how I interpret section 2.2.1. [http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-main] > 2.2.1 The main section > > Every package in main and non-US/main must comply wit

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 08:31:11AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Can anyone explain to me why the use of recommends: grub is a policy > violation? I scanned through the policy and failed to find anything > obvious. If you can't fulfill a Recommends, that's a violation of section 2.2.1. of

Re: a failed purge is RC

2004-10-01 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:36:09AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > severity 274272 grave > thanks > > A failed purge of a package is definitely RC. Yes, but it doesn't 'render the package useless, or mostly so'. The right severity would be 'serious'. -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR --

Re: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386

2004-10-01 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Can anyone explain to me why the use of recommends: grub is a policy violation? I scanned through the policy and failed to find anything obvious. [Martin Schulze] > I'd rather investigate why education-common needs to recommend grub > at all. > > The name makes me think that it's a "task" package