On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:40:44 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, 09 May 2023 00:31:20 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> > wrote: > > On Mon, 08 May 2023 14:14:30 -0700 Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> > wrote: > > > Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> writes: > > > > On Mon, 2023-05-08 at 08:48:49 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > > > > >> […] I suspect Policy should say something stronger and more > > general, > > > >> namely that no package in Debian should divert a file from > another > > > >> package unless this is arranged cooperatively between the > packages > > to > > > >> solve some specific (unusual) problem. > > > > > > > ,--- §3.9 --- > > > > You should not use "dpkg-divert" on a file belonging to another > > > > package without consulting the maintainer of that package first. > > When > > > > adding or removing diversions, package maintainer scripts must > > provide > > > > the "--package" flag to "dpkg-divert" and must not use "-- local". > > > > `--- > > > > > > Oh, thank you! I had completely forgotten that we said something > > about > > > this under maintainer scripts. > > > > > > That doesn't entirely cover this case (because systemd and udev may > > not be > > > "that package" in this sense), but it covers much of the general > > case. > > > > Would you like me to reword/move the new snippet? > > Gentle ping. Any suggestion on how to reword/change the proposal? With the only occurrence now removed, this policy change should now be impactless: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1035667 -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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