Subject: Bug#4315: xfishtank problems

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 16:24 EDT

PACKAGE: xfishtank
VERSION: 2.2-1

1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at least the
   copyright file. Docs would be nice.

2. It has no Depends: on libc5 or elf-x11r6lib.

3. It uses the old VERSION and PACKAGE_REVISION format which is obsolete.

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Dirk Eddelb"uttel                             http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

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From: Christoph Lameter <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:23:55 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 [email-masked] wrote:

Dirk.Eddelbuettel>
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>PACKAGE: xfishtank
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>VERSION: 2.2-1
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at least the
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>   copyright file. Docs would be nice.
There is no copyright. The packages origin are unknown.
I can just generate a file with "Unknown" in it.

Dirk.Eddelbuettel>
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>2. It has no Depends: on libc5 or elf-x11r6lib.
Hmm. Some other packages were taken without it. Where can I find docs on
these things?

Dirk.Eddelbuettel>
Dirk.Eddelbuettel>3. It uses the old VERSION and PACKAGE_REVISION format which is obsolete.
What are the new requirements.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 22:38 EDT

Dirk> 1. The package contains nothing but the binary. It *must* contain at
  Dirk> least the copyright file. Docs would be nice.

  Christoph> There is no copyright. The packages origin are unknown.  I can
  Christoph> just generate a file with "Unknown" in it.

Are you sure there is nothing in the source code? I have yet to see a
(publicly released) program in which the author didn't leave a note.

  Dirk> 2. It has no Depends: on libc5 or elf-x11r6lib.

  Christoph> Hmm. Some other packages were taken without it. Where can I find
  Christoph> docs on these things?

Install a recent dpkg and read the html'ed policy and programmers manuals
below /usr/doc/dpkg, or download and study the debian sources of other
packages.

  Dirk> 3. It uses the old VERSION and PACKAGE_REVISION format which is
  Dirk> obsolete.

  Christoph> What are the new requirements.

See the policy and programmers manuals.