Re: Policy change about `/usr/lib/cgi-bin' - Mass bug filing pending...
Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net> writes:
> Then, I don't understand why we have this discussion _after_ the policy
> has been changed...
> I thought the policy was a trustable document, where developers could
> find guidelines for their work, it seems that it's not always true. Sad.
debian-policy, like every other package, will occasionally have bugs.
Let's not exaggerate.
> In the meantime, do you suggest to use lintian overrides for fixing this
> in webapp packages or purely ignoring the lintian complaints?
Given that I already modified lintian in Subversion for the Policy 3.7.2
release, I would vote that you just not worry about it. There will be a
new upload of lintian shortly. The point of syncing lintian to Policy
immediately is that I plan on *continuing* to sync lintian to Policy
immediately. One of the advantages of doing this is that, since I'm
adding new tests for the testable changes in Policy as we go, people
actually *notice* Policy changes. :)
lintian, like debian-policy and every other package, will also
occasionally have bugs. This one in particular, in both cases, won't even
have migrated to testing. It'll be fine, honest.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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