Bug#85982: policy ch7 grammar issues
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.0.0
Severity: minor
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saying that they require certain binary packages being installed
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I think this should read 'having been installed'. Present, future and past
are being blurred in that sentence.
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the fields which declare dependencies of the package in which
they occur on other packages
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what is that trying to say?
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it is assumed that a real package which provides virtual package is not of
the `right' version.
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the 'provides virtual package' is clumsy. Needs something like 'a particular
virtual package' or more simply 'a/the virtual package'.
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it is usually an error for a package to contains files
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should be 'to contain'.
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In the future dpkg will discard files which overwrite those from another
package which declares that it replaces the one being installed (so that you
can install an older version of a package without problems).
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who is declaring the replaces here? 'from another package which declares it
replaces'. file 'foo' in package A is being installed and overwrites foo from
package B.
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Their semantics is that the dependencies and conflicts
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semantics is plural, the 'is' should be 'are'.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux geisha 2.2.18pre11 #1 SMP Mon Oct 2 17:40:32 PDT 2000 i686
Versions of packages debian-policy depends on:
ii fileutils 4.0.37-1 GNU file management utilities.
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