Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:15:08AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday 29 April 2008 10:31, martin f krafft wrote: > > Not sure about just symlinking. I'd rather say it should be: > > > > To use this package, you need to install dpatch. > > > > Once installed, please see /usr/share/doc/d

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Russ Allbery
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.1846 +0200]: >> I'm guessing that you missed that this is exactly what the >> proposal allows for. You may want to read it again. :) > So it seems. The sample you quoted is surely misleading,

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.1846 +0200]: > I'm guessing that you missed that this is exactly what the > proposal allows for. You may want to read it again. :) So it seems. The sample you quoted is surely misleading, in that case. I saw it and my redundancy detection

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Russ Allbery
Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *Only* if the build system differs, people should put additional > comments into README.source. I could at least agree to force people to > make a comment like > > "[..] This package use (quilt|dpatch). ... >... read /usr/share/doc/(dpatch|quilt)

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Russ Allbery
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.0113 +0200]: >> Here is a sample of the sort of documentation that would satisfy this >> recommendation, written for a package that's using quilt: > Might I suggest that for such cases, a common

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:31:30 +0200, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > also sprach Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.1535 > +0200]: >> Full ACK. I'd also like to see one for dpatch. Possibly something >> that can just be symlinked too. > Not sure about just symlinking.

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Dienstag, den 29.04.2008, 14:47 + schrieb Peter Makholm: > Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This is some kind of stupid! You expect every package, that uses quilt > > or dpatch to ship the same quilt/dpatch documentation? > > You did read the part of the proposal saying: >

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 10:31, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.1535 +0200]: > > Full ACK. I'd also like to see one for dpatch. Possibly something > > that can just be symlinked too. > > Not sure about just symlinking. I'd rather say it shou

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Peter Makholm
Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is some kind of stupid! You expect every package, that uses quilt > or dpatch to ship the same quilt/dpatch documentation? You did read the part of the proposal saying: This explanation may refer to a documentation file installed by one of th

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.1535 +0200]: > Full ACK. I'd also like to see one for dpatch. Possibly something > that can just be symlinked too. Not sure about just symlinking. I'd rather say it should be: To use this package, you need to install dpatch. Onc

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 28.04.2008, 16:13 -0700 schrieb Russ Allbery: > After extensive discussion in Bug#250202 and elsewhere on how to handle > the increasing variety of different build and patch systems in Debian, the > consensus on the debian-policy list is to recommend adding a new > documentation fil

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.0113 +0200]: >> Here is a sample of the sort of documentation that would satisfy this >> recommendation, written for a package that's using quilt: > > Might I suggest that for such cases, a common file explaining how

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:00:40PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.0113 +0200]: > > Here is a sample of the sort of documentation that would satisfy this > > recommendation, written for a package that's using quilt: > > Might I suggest that

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.04.29.0113 +0200]: > Here is a sample of the sort of documentation that would satisfy this > recommendation, written for a package that's using quilt: Might I suggest that for such cases, a common file explaining how to use quilt can be used or be

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> This new recommendation is *not* RC for lenny, only a recommendation. >>> However, it is still a recommendation that most affected packages don't >>> curren

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This new recommendation is *not* RC for lenny, only a recommendation. >> However, it is still a recommendation that most affected packages don't >> currently follow, so I wanted to give the development c

Re: New README.source documentation for Debian packages

2008-04-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This new recommendation is *not* RC for lenny, only a recommendation. > However, it is still a recommendation that most affected packages don't > currently follow, so I wanted to give the development community a heads-up > on this change. Can this be sav