Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (2022-09-19): > I'm fine with this change, but as Sam points out, the deeper point here is > that Policy doesn't apply to udebs. This is the whole point of udebs. > > I didn't go back and read the history of this bug Neither did I (I think I was asking for something quite easy and simple, to make our lives easier, but it kind of blew up and I stepped backward). > but I suspect that, to the extent that this is a Policy issue, the problem > was that a source package is not itself a udeb and therefore it wasn't clear > whether Policy applies to source packages that only produce udebs. My gut > feeling is that it should not: the whole point of udebs is that they get to > break the rules. > > So, in addition to saying that Standards-Version is generally not used for > udebs or for source packages that only build udebs (I would use wording > like that rather than "required" since Policy puts no requirements on > udebs at all), maybe we should add to this paragraph in 1.1 (Scopes): > > udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do > not comply with all of the requirements discussed here. See the Debian > Installer internals manual for more information about them. > > That could be as simple as saying "udebs (...) and source packages that > produce only udebs do not comply...." Looks good to me, thanks! Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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