http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Policy-forum-163.html Latest 15 Messages on www.downloadpipe.com http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-509933-versioning-SONAMEs-shared-libraries-recommended-ftopict66909.html#183034 Package: debian policy Version: 3 8 0 1 Severity: minor I read through the shared library sections of Policy a few times last night and can t find anywhere where Policy unambiguously recommends always including a version in SONAME for public libraries If you don t have a version you can t represent the library in the shlibs format so there s an implicit recommendation but I think http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-509932-shlibs-format-addresses-versioning-structure-ftopict66908.html#183033 Package: debian policy Version: 3 8 0 1 Severity: minor The current description of the shlibs format in section 8 6 3 assumes all shared libraries have SONAMEs of the form libfoo so However Debian s tools also support a versioned SONAME of the form libfoo so The regex used to parse such SONAMEs in dpkg shlibdeps is: ^ \d \ so so textually we http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-503685-debian-policy-Error-command-debian-policy-manual-ftopict59335.html#168526 Package: debian policy Version: 3 8 0 1 Severity: minor In ap pkg binarypkg html section B1 the example is: To view the copyright file for a package you could use this command: dpkg fsys tarfile filename deb | tar xOf \ copyright | pager I ve tried this command with tar version 1 20 and I need this command with the wildcards option dpkg fsys tarfile filena http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-495170-Claims-Requirement-ftopict54567.html#156903 Contact:Mr Mxawell Johnson for the claim of 891 934GBP which you have won in NATIONAL LOTTERY Provide your Names Address Age Occupation Tel Country send to Email: maxwelljohnson_claimsunit@live com To UNSUBSCRIBE email to debian bugs dist REQUEST@lists debian org with a subject of unsubscribe Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists debian org http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-Fw-gnome-kde-xfce-policy-main-menu-ftopict48245.html#140768 Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon 07 Jul 2008 13:51:16 0200 From: Josselin Mouette To: debian devel@lists debian org 484656 Subject: Re: gnome kde xfce use non policy main menu Le lundi 07 juillet 2008 02:48 0400 Daniel Dickinson a crit : > And depends on the package maintainer being cooperative Because > there is no debian http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-Fw-gnome-kde-xfce-policy-main-menu-ftopict48244.html#140767 Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun 6 Jul 2008 21:01:15 0200 From: Loc Minier To: debian devel@lists debian org debian policy@lists debian org Subject: Re: gnome kde xfce use non policy main menu On Sun Jul 06 2008 Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2008 07 06 Mikhail Gusarov wrote: > > fd o menus are designed to allow distro specific polic http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-Fw-gnome-kde-xfce-policy-main-menu-ftopict48243.html#140766 Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun 6 Jul 2008 19:11:44 0000 UTC From: Sune Vuorela To: debian devel@lists debian org Cc: debian policy@lists debian org Subject: Re: gnome kde xfce use non policy main menu On 2008 07 06 Loc Minier wrote: >> > of Debian KDE Gnome packaging menu policy to get the proper subset >> > of the packages in menu http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-Fw-gnome-kde-xfce-policy-main-menu-ftopict48242.html#140765 Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed 9 Jul 2008 00:12:23 0200 From: Wouter Verhelst To: William Pitcock Cc: Daniel Dickinson debian policy@lists debian org debian devel@lists debian org Subject: Re: gnome kde xfce use non policy main menu On Sat Jul 05 2008 at 03:15:28AM 0500 William Pitcock wrote: > Hi http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-Fw-gnome-kde-xfce-policy-main-menu-ftopict48241.html#140764 Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon 07 Jul 2008 18:14:07 0700 From: Russ Allbery To: debian devel@lists debian org Subject: Re: gnome kde xfce use non policy main menu Charles Plessy writes: > I think that Russ is very pessimistic on the quality of the XDG > desktop entry sepcification It uses a simple syntax and 18 different > keys only http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-491547-debian-policy-Section-11-contradicts-section-ftopict44862.html#130581 Package: debian policy Version: 3 8 0 1 Severity: important Section 10 5 point 4 says that the default document root should be var www But section 9 1 doesn t include such exception to FHS and thus there is a contradiction Either should an exception be made or section 10 5 should be updated to be FHS correct System Information: Debian Release: lenny sid APT prefers http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-489135-debian-policy-document-repackaged-orig-tar-gz-ftopict39987.html#116763 Processing commands for control@bugs debian org: > reassign 489135 developers reference Bug 489135: debian policy: how to document a repackaged orig tar gz Bug reassigned from package `debian policy to `developers reference > severity 489135 normal Unknown command or malformed arguments to command > retitle 489135 developers reference: uses debian policy style wording Bug 4 http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-299007-Insecure-PATH-root-profile-ftopict39986.html#116757 package debian policy user debian policy@packages debian org usertag 299007 ctte thanks This proposal asks that directories in usr local no longer be writable by group staff There clearly was not consensus in this bug discussion for making this change but neither am I comfortable as a Policy delegate with simply closing it in part because those in favor of this change felt very http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-161912-dropping-30000-59999-uid-gid-reservation-ftopict39983.html#116756 Clint Adams writes: > We could add all or part of this range to the dynamic range I think we should add all of 30000 59999 to the dynamic range I m sure that Stanford isn t the only site that s already ignoring the Debian reservation and using those UIDs for other purposes Does adduser currently avoid that range in other words would changes be required to ad http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484656-debian-policy-desktop-files-freedesktop-org-stand-ftopict39982.html#116755 On Thu Jun 05 2008 at 10:07:21AM 0700 Russ Allbery wrote: > GnuSTEP does something else entirely with them And something entirely broken I would add BTW the proper name is GNUstep To UNSUBSCRIBE email to debian bugs dist REQUEST@lists debian org with a subject of unsubscribe Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists debian org http://www.downloadpipe.com/forums/linux/Bug-484706-debian-policy-policy-policy-compliant-Fails-posti-ftopict39985.html#116754 Adrian von Bidder writes: > dpkg configure a > Setting up debian policy 3 8 0 0 > usr share doc base debian policy process: cannot open control file for reading: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing debian policy configure : > subprocess post installation script returned error exit status 2 > Processing triggers for menu > Erro