Re: RFS: jabber-querybot

[Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>]

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 01:56:48PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > What is the purpose of the postinst script? It looks like it's
> > violating policy 12.3, 10.7.2 and 10.7.3.

Thanks Jakub for the heads'up (given that the postinst is in unstable, you 
might want to reportbug that…)

> This package in every case need hands on from the user. The only purpose
> of postinst is:
> User get back a correct error message from the package binary instead
> of a perl compilation error.
> 
> Do you have a have suggestion?

Either:
- make sure no error happens if no file exists under /etc/jabber-querybot/,
- make sure that the error message is meaningful,
- make sure the process is well-documented,
- install that file (instead of symlinking) under /etc/jabber-querybot

Cheers,

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OdyX