Bug#276822: marked as done (lintian: please make usr-doc-symlink-without-dependency strict again)
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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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Subject: lintian: please make usr-doc-symlink-without-dependency strict again
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Quoting a mail I wrote in #249414:
Besides the copyright file, there's a similar problem with the changelog
file (which obviously implies the current check for exactly the same
version is correct):
The first paragraph of section 12.7. of your policy is:
<-- snip -->
Packages that are not Debian-native must contain a compressed copy of
the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source tree in
`/usr/share/doc/<package>' with the name `changelog.Debian.gz'.
<-- snip -->
I'd read this section of your policy that
/usr/share/doc/<package>/changelog.Debian.gz must always point to
"a compressed copy of the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source
tree" <package> was built from.
Since this is a "must", a violation through a dependency that is not on
exactly the same version of the package containing the actual file seems
to be a RC bug.
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On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 07:25:39PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The first paragraph of section 12.7. of your policy is:
It is our policy, and not yours -- so why do you care so much?
> I'd read this section of your policy that
> /usr/share/doc/<package>/changelog.Debian.gz must always point to
> "a compressed copy of the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source
> tree" <package> was built from.
>
> Since this is a "must", a violation through a dependency that is not on
> exactly the same version of the package containing the actual file seems
> to be a RC bug.
This reasoning is not undisputed, and also, if this conclusion is drawn,
it promotes strict dependencies which yield problems in other areas (it
renders partial upgrades impossible, with the associated problems in
dependency loop resolution, calculating order of upgrade and library
transitions, to name a few).
Lintian is not a stick to force disputed and questionable-useful policy
upon maintainers. Therefore, your request has been denied, and is not
open for discussion unless policy is changed to clarify what should
happen regarding this matter, or this issue is escalated to the TC.
Thanks,
--Jeroen
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar
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