On Sat, Oct 09, 1999 at 07:27:05PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > FHS-compliant location of compiled examples (#42849) > * Old. > * Proposed by Joey Hess; seconded by Julian Gilbey and Chris Waters. > * This is a proposal for dealing with architecture-specific example > files. The idea is to put them in /usr/lib/package/examples, with > symlink(s) as necessary to make /usr/share/doc/package/examples > point to them. > ( The main objection is that there may not be any files of this > type. /usr/doc/samba-doc/examples/examples/validchars/msdos70.out > does seem to be one. ) Thought I seconded this... Ah well, since I was one of the people who was interested in this (as well as one of those questioning if it's necessary) I'll second it now. If you must have arch-specific examples in a package, this proposal deals with them as elegantly as possible. > Correct section 3.3 to take account of file-rc (#41547) > * Old. > * Proposed by Julian Gilbey; seconded by Roland Rosenfeld and > Anthony Towns. > * Part of policy doesn't make sense if file-rc is being used. This > proposal is to clean it up so it does make sense, and moreover so > it emphasizes that update-rc.d is the only thing that should be > used to register init scripts. Add my name to this one as well. The abstraction here is a good idea and should already be existing practice anyway. > Policy still suggests /etc/rc.boot instead of /etc/rcS.d (#32448) > * Accepted. > * Proposed on 26 Jan 1999 by Brian Servis; seconded by Julian Gilbey > and Joey Hess. > * Change policy to refer to /etc/rcS.d instead of the old > /etc/rc.boot/ For clarification, we did agree that rc.boot should remain for local sysadmin use did we not? > SSH never free > * Under discussion. > * Proposed by Raul Miller; seconded by Marco d'Itri. > * Change definition of non-free to "contains packages which are not > compliant with the DFSG". Currently, non-free includes packages > with patent problems or other legal issues. I KNOW I seconded this one already Joey, you must have missed me durring all the excitement. > Handling missing stuff in /use/local (#44922) > * Stalled for 1 week. > * Proposed by Juergen A. Erhard. > * Modifies policy to explicitly state that programs must not rely on > anything in /usr/local THis is existing practice. If it's not policy, it should be. Seconded. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer GnuPG: 2048g/3F9C2A43 - 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 PGP 2.6: 2048R/50BDA0ED - E8 D6 84 81 E3 A8 BB 77 8E E2 29 96 C9 44 5F BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Overfiend ponders doing an NMU of asclock, in which he simply changes the extended description to "If you bend over and put your head between your legs, you can read the time off your assclock." <doogie> Overfiend: go to bed.
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