Bug#311188: debian-edu-config: Messes "programmatically" with conffiles of other packages
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On 30-05-2005 10:17, Steve Langasek wrote:
> I realize that debian-edu-config is something of a special case, because of
> its narrow application. I don't think that Debian-Edu should get a free
> pass for violating policy, but I also don't think that there's much risk of
> this issue affecting people who aren't installing debian-edu explicitly, so
> it doesn't seem to make much difference to their net experience whether
> deiban-edu-config is allowed in sarge or not. So unless someone else on the
> release team objects, I think I'm going to tag this bug sarge-ignore.
So for the upgrade path from sarge to etch you want maybe 30+ quite
popular packages to weed out bugreports caused by chain-reactions of
installing this package?
I agree that debian-edu is a special case, but don't see your point in
that being a good excuse for ignoring policy: Debian-edu-* packages are
expected only to be useful in the Skolelinux Debian-derived
distribution. It is a goal of debian-edu to be able to create Skolelinux
solely from officially released Debian packages but that goal is not yet
reached so a few more packages having to be added unofficially shouldn't
be a big deal.
What is on the other hand problematic IMHO is that their goal of getting
adopted into Debian will be distorted if their packages violates policy:
They can truthfully argue that "it is good enough for Debian" while in
fact it isn't.
I recommend sarge RC policy is respected also for packages not expected
to be used in a broader audience.
- Jonas
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