Re: [Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de: Re: changelog vs ChangeLog and policy dictates]
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 03:36:54PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >
> > That said, I would like to have an announcement and lintian check for
> > the right names of README.{d,D}ebian.gz, {c,C}hange{l,L}og.{,{d,D}ebian.}gz.
> > And then lets fix the 50% of the packages that break this (whatever we
> > choose, every second has it different).
> >
> If there really are as many as 50% of the packages that break this rule,
> then I don't see how the rule got passed ;-)
>
> At the very least this would be an indication of a lack of consensus on
> this rule.
I would interpret it as a lack of information...
Well, I have a medium sized install (800 MB): (I moved the number in the
line, for brevity):
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/README.debian | wc -l 62
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/README.Debian | wc -l 54
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/changelog.debian.gz | wc -l 11
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/changelog.Debian.gz | wc -l 307
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/Changelog.Debian.gz | wc -l 0
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/Changelog.debian.gz | wc -l 0
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/ChangeLog.debian.gz | wc -l 0
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/ChangeLog.Debian.gz | wc -l 0
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/changelog.gz | wc -l 193
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/Changelog.gz | wc -l 0
root@flora:~/java# ls /usr/doc/*/ChangeLog.gz | wc -l 20
I find the upper two results most interesting. I would bet for debmake ;)
Anotehr interesting fault:
root@flora:~/java# grep -l "Comments regarding the Package" /usr/doc/*/README.Debian
/usr/doc/docbook-doc/README.Debian
/usr/doc/hyperref/README.Debian
/usr/doc/installmanual-de/README.Debian
root@flora:~/java# grep "Comments regarding the Package" /usr/doc/*/README.debian
/usr/doc/fort77/README.debian
/usr/doc/libcompfaceg1/README.debian
/usr/doc/libcompface/README.debian
/usr/doc/mixviews/README.debian
/usr/doc/razzle/README.debian
/usr/doc/xdelta/README.debian
They didn't even bother changing the default file :-/
Without comments,
Marcus
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