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Bug#556229: developers-reference: Update the URL to security-tracker to the .org URL 
  Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi Even if redirected, I have a suggestion to update the URL in developers-reference for security tracker to security-tracker.debian.org. Bests Salvatore -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable... more »
By Salvatore Bonaccorso  - Nov 14 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Bug#556015: debian-policy: Clarify requirements for copyright file 
  Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist The requirements for the copyright file in binary and source packages has been the source of a lot of confusion and a lot of bug reports against Lintian. This is an attempt to state the requirements more specifically and more completely. This also adds a footnote explaining the perl and perl-base exception.... more »
By Russ Allbery  - Nov 13 - 8 new of 8 messages    

Bug#554054: , #554077: s/ftp-master.debian.org/ftp.up load.debian.org/ etc. 
  tags 554054 + patch tags 554077 + patch thanks Here are some proposed patches to clarify the status of upload queues, both also available in <[link]>. The second depends on the first. Regards, S ...X-Git-Url: [link]... more »
By Simon McVittie  - Nov 12 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Bug#555685: typo "transferred" instead of "transfered" 
  tags 555685 + patch severity 555685 minor thanks While I'm doing trivial patches anyway... (For my own convenience I'm collecting patches into a git-svn branch; feel free to take these patches from that repository, or ignore it, as you see fit.) ...X-Git-Url: [link]... more »
By Simon McVittie  - Nov 12 - 1 new of 1 message    

Bug#540231: Override changes 
  tags 540231 + patch thanks How about this for a patch? (For my own convenience I'm collecting patches into a git-svn branch; feel free to take these patches from that repository, or ignore it, as you see fit.) ...X-Git-Url: [link]... more »
By Simon McVittie  - Nov 12 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Bug#540974: Include full URL to UploadQueue/README 
  tags 540974 + patch thanks How's this? (For my own convenience I'm collecting patches into a git-svn branch; feel free to take these patches from that repository, or ignore it, as you see fit.) ...X-Git-Url: [link]... more »
By Simon McVittie  - Nov 12 - 1 new of 1 message    

Bug#555982: debian-policy: RPATH in binaries and shared libraries 
  Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Lintian has the following tag: Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath Severity: serious Certainty: possible Ref: [link] Info: The binary or shared library sets RPATH. This overrides the normal library search path, possibly interfering with local policy and causing... more »
By Russ Allbery  - Nov 12 - 4 new of 4 messages    

Bug#555981: debian-policy: No clear discussion of arch-independent vs. arch-dependent packages 
  Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist I again may be missing something, but I don't believe there's anywhere in Policy that says the obvious things about architecture-independent packages versus architecture-dependent packages. I'm thinking of the basic definitional things like:... more »
By Russ Allbery  - Nov 12 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries 
  Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries other than a brief mention in a footnote on convenience copies of code. I believe we should say that they're discouraged in general and are... more »
By Russ Allbery  - Nov 12 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Bug#555979: debian-policy: Symlinks pointing beyond the root of the file system 
  Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Lintian has a tag: Tag: symlink-has-too-many-up-segmen ts Severity: serious Certainty: certain Ref: policy 10.5 Info: The symlink references a directory beyond the root directory "/". for symlinks that contain so many ../ segments that they traverse above... more »
By Russ Allbery  - Nov 12 - 1 new of 1 message    

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