Bug#618885: sasl2-bin: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8, 10.8)

[Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>]

reassign 618885 debian-policy
thanks

Hi Roberto, hi policy maintainers!

On Freitag, 29. April 2011, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> Regardless, policy states the following in section 6.8:
> 
>  5. The conffiles and any backup files (~-files, #*# files, %-files,
>  .dpkg-{old,new,tmp}, etc.) are removed.
> 
> Please note that /etc/sasldb2 is not a conffile.  So, not removing it
> should not be considered a policy violation.

Hm, right, at least on a quick search for config files I cannot find anything 
in policy how config files should be treated, I can merely guess from the ucf 
description that they exist... 
 
> I think that both of us feels strongly about our particular positions.
> We may need to seek an alternate means of resolving this.  Do you have
> any ideas/suggestions on this?

yes, as you've seen by now :) I've now reassigned to policy as I've been 
suggested to do on irc.

(And thank you very much indeed for looking for constructive ways out! Much 
appreciated!)


cheers,
	Holger