Bug#82473: general: Please update policy to include information on capabilities

["KORN Andras" <korn@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>]

Package: general
Version: 20010116
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I've seen several bug reports related to packages not performing well in a
restricted capabilities environment; quite a few of the maintainers
had expressed ignorance of the capability system.

As capabilities seem to be the way to go security-wise, I suggest that the
policy be updated with information on what capabilities certain parts of
packages (such as startup scripts) should assume possession of;
additionally, it might be helpful to include documentation pointers for
developers and package maintainers.

Regards,

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            Andrew Korn (Korn Andras) <korn@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>
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