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- To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, 620109-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#620109: Policy §3.5 (on Pre-Depends) does not reflect actual practice
- From: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:08:43 +0200
- Message-id: <20140501200843.GA16264@yellowpig>
- In-reply-to: <20140228160515.GA4107@yellowpig>
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 05:05:15PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 03:33:25PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> >
> > > The reason
> > > we request peer review of Pre-Depends is that they have a cost and should
> > > not be abused.
> >
> > Okay. That's not what policy §3.5 says; it does not say Pre-Depends should
> > or must be peer-reviewed or that one should examine all aspects when adding
> > them but simply that there should be
> >
> > (1) a discussion on debian-devel, and
> > (2) a consensus that adding this particular Pre-Depends is a good idea.
>
> I think the policy is correct. I would favor keeping the current wording.
> As you can see in the debian-devel archive, a lot of developer misunderstand
> what Pre-Depends actually do and adding spurious Pre-Depends can be quite
> disruptive to the upgrade path. Hence the need to refer to debian-devel for
> review. On the other hand, making the requirement more stringent would be
> too bureaucratic (sometimes Pre-Depends are necessary and should be used).
>
> So I would favor closing this bug, if nobody object.
Accordingly, I close this bug.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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