Re: The saga of: Rules-Requires-Root: no

[Leandro Cunha <leandrocunha016@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 03:51:33PM -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote:
> > >> Until recently most packages required 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' be added to the
> > >> 'debian/control' file of a package. This is no longer the case, with this now
> > >> being default behaviour. You do not need to add it new packages and those
> > >> maintaining packages can remove it.
> > >>From what I saw here, policy 4.1.5 in 5.6.31 defined this and wouldn't
> > >there need to be an update to the policy about this?
> > >https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-rules-requires-root
> >
> > Is there something at this link that makes you think that some update is
> > needed or contradicts what Phil wrote?
> >
> > --
> > WBR, wRAR

>From what I understand, Rules-Requires-Root: no (default) would no
longer be necessary. I asked this question because it's a question I
had, as it's listed as a default. It might lead anyone reading the
policy to believe this would still be necessary (or not, if she/he
sees this email).

-- 
Cheers,
Leandro Cunha