On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 01:21:35PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> I have a really hacky tool available that I used to produce such a list
> of packages to look at. I even posted it to some list somewhen, one
> could probably dig it up using google. I don't seem to have committed
> it to my perso
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 02:12:58AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:49:38 +0300, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > Is there a tool to check for disallowed conflicts, or a check in
> > lintian or linda?
>
> I think there is a Contents file on most mirrors
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:49:38 +0300, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> su, 2005-07-10 kello 01:44 -0400, Nathanael Nerode kirjoitti:
>> Peter Samuelson wrote: Unless someone is willing to actually
>> enforce the requirement that all optional packages can coexist,
>> this will be necessary
su, 2005-07-10 kello 01:44 -0400, Nathanael Nerode kirjoitti:
> Peter Samuelson wrote:
> Unless someone is willing to actually enforce the requirement that all
> optional packages can coexist, this will be necessary to make Policy conform
> with reality.
Is there a tool to check for disallowed c
Peter Samuelson wrote:
>In practice, 'extra' is mainly used when Policy forces you to use it:
>that is, if your package conflicts with another package which has
>priority optional or higher
The really sad part is that *this* isn't enforced; there are lots of
"optional" packages which conflict with
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:06:22PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [Lionel Elie Mamane]
> > I recently found some packages in at an IMHO totally wrong priority
> > in Debian.
>
> Yeah. I've been grumbling about optional vs. extra for years. Nobody
> wants to consider his own packages 'extra'
[Lionel Elie Mamane]
> I recently found some packages in at an IMHO totally wrong priority
> in Debian.
Yeah. I've been grumbling about optional vs. extra for years. Nobody
wants to consider his own packages 'extra' because every maintainer
feels his own packages are Really Useful. This is a s
I recently found some packages in at an IMHO totally wrong priority in
Debian. Before taking action, I'd like to arrive at a rough consensus
here. I also found some less clear-cut cases, so this prompted me to
think a bit about the language in the policy and what it means. The
more I think about it
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