Re: /usr/lib/sgml

[Neil Roeth <neil@debian.org>]

On Sep 18, Ardo van Rangelrooij (ardo@debian.org) wrote:
 > Neil Roeth (neil@debian.org) wrote:
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 > > On Sep 16, Ardo van Rangelrooij (ardo@debian.org) wrote:
 > >  > Have you perhaps been reading my web page about sgml-base usage (or the lack of
 > >  > it):  http://people.debian.org/~ardo/PACKAGES/SGML/sgml-base.html ???
 > > 
 > > Ardo,
 > 
 > Neil,
 > 
 > > There are several problems with my packages, according to this table.  Since
 > > the entries are very brief, I am not sure what changes need to be made.  Are
 > > you planning to put an explanation for each column somewhere?  Or, perhaps you
 > > could file bug reports telling me briefly what needs to be done to jade, sp,
 > > openjade and opensp.  If you do that, I will make the changes soon and get new
 > > packages out.
 > 
 > The plan is to file bug reports for the severe issues.  However, filing a bug
 > report for e.g. an empty directory in a package might be a bit of an overkill.
 > But I'll also put an explanation of each of the columns on the web page.

I agree.  My intent was to tell you I need more info to solve the problems,
but also to let you know that however you want to do it is fine by me,
including either of the ways I suggested or any other.

 > > I guess the meaning of the comment for opensp in the column "Files in
 > > /usr/lib/sgml", i.e., "No (/usr/lib/opensp)", is that the files in
 > > /usr/lib/opensp should be in /usr/share/sgml, correct?
 > 
 > Yep, that's the intention.

Change already made in the new package I am working on.

 > > Thanks.  I appreciate the effort you've put into this.
 > 
 > You're welcome.  As the maintainer of sgml-base I see it more or less as my
 > responsibility to make sure it's used properly and according to the policy.
 > Why else have it?

Yup.

 > I've now also added links to the issues from the main table.

I see, I'll get to work.  I still do not know what "Proper scripts for post
and pre" means, though, and since ALL of my packages have a "no" in that
column, I need to know :-)

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Neil Roeth