Policy document amendment process
Hi,
The packages debian-policy and packaging manual have been
imported into CVS on cvs.debian.org; and new versions have been
uploaded that set the maintainer address to the policy mailing list
at debian-policy@lists.debian.org.
I have to finish some adminstrative work invilved in getting
the other maintainers access to the reposirtory, but that should be
routine.
I guess now is the time for the policy list to start loking at
the buglist, retitling the wishlist/proposals, and fixing the real
bugs, etc. I guess the [Fixed in NMU update] bugs can now be closed.
manoj
who expects to see a rash of cleanups now that there is a process in
place
Normal bugs - outstanding:
(List of all such bugs is available.)
* #7890: Policy manual contradicts itself about including docs or not.
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Santiago Vila Doncel
<sanvila@unex.es>; 548 days old.
* #11094: debian-policy: Missing UUCP-locking info
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: <jgoerzen@complete.org>; 425
days old.
* #17524: Requesting new bug severity level "fixed"
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Christian Schwarz
<schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>; 222 days old.
* #20373: shouldn't start init scripts in wrong runlevel
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Herbert Xu
<herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>; 161 days old.
* #21185: lintian: Lintian gripes about Changelog.html
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: "Scott K. Ellis"
<ellis@valueweb.net>; 144 days old.
* #21585: xntp3: /etc/init.d/xntp3 not a conffile anymore
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Herbert Xu
<herbert@goliath.apana.org.au>; 135 days old.
* #21820: bug in debian-emacs-policy.gz example script
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Matthias Klose
<Matthias.Klose@cs.tu-berlin.de>; 131 days old.
* #21875: /etc/news/server or /etc/nntpserver ?
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Santiago Vila
<sanvila@unex.es>; 130 days old.
* #21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Version
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Santiago Vila
<sanvila@unex.es>; 128 days old.
* #22308: bug reports against policy
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Raul Miller
<rdm@test.legislate.com>; 119 days old.
* #22935: Do not make hardlinks to conffiles
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Ian Jackson
<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>; 101 days old.
* #23003: [Fixed in NMU 2.4.1.2] HTML in debian-policy is incomplete
in several sections
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: David Huggins-Daines
<bn711@freenet.carleton.ca>; merged with #23408; 99 days old.
* #23355: On closing of bugs
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Martin Schulze
<joey@infodrom.north.de>; 89 days old.
* #23408: [Fixed in NMU 2.4.1.2] debian-policy:
/usr/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ch3.html is truncated
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Thomas Roessler
<roessler@guug.de>; merged with #23003; 87 days old.
* #23661: Security issue when accessing documentation through an
http server
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Martin Stjernholm
<mast@lysator.liu.se>; 80 days old.
* #24067: Is it ok to close a bug without fixing it?
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Santiago Vila
<sanvila@unex.es>; 69 days old.
* #24133: Suggestion to use
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Francesco Potorti`
<F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>; 67 days old.
* #24695: Dependency issue of the manpages
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Keita Maehara
<maehara@debian.or.jp>; 51 days old.
* #24772: debian-policy: mailboxes with perm 660
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Herbert Xu
<herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>; 48 days old.
* #25385: debian-policy: please add new architecture.
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: brinkmd@debian.org; 33 days
old.
* #25911: Policy 5.5 (Log files) should be moved
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk
(Ian Jackson); 18 days old.
* #26159: contact address for virtual package name list
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: apharris@burrito.onshore.com
(Adam P. Harris); 11 days old.
* #26402: packaging manual needs clarification about conffiles
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: Santiago Vila
<sanvila@unex.es>.
* #26461: debian-policy: obolete reference to /usr/doc/copyright
Package: debian-policy; Reported by: "Carl R. Witty"
<cwitty@newtonlabs.com>.
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of a new cat hospital, and you hate cats, your reply, declining the
invitation, does not necessarily have to cover the full range of your
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do not have to let fly at cats. The writer of the letter asked a
civil question; attack cats, then, only if you can do so with good
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courteous as well as responsive. Since you are out of sympathy with
cats, you may quite properly give this as a reason for not appearing
at the dedication ceremonies of a cat hospital. But bear in mind
that your opinion of cats was not sought, only your services as a
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