On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 01:49:13PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > I dislike the idea of packages pre-depending on a specific version of > > > base-files, this imposes a certain order in the upgrade. > > > > > > I think there is no hurry and we should stick to /var/spool/mail for > > > potato. > > > > Even if we do this we must still declare the dependency I would imagine. > > Yes, and it would still have to be a Pre-Dependency, but a package in > potato+1 which Pre-Depends on the base-files in potato is not a great > deal, considering that almost everybody will upgrade from slink to potato > first. I don't think we should try to enforce that people use /var/mail now, it's just good to get it into the policy now. FHS issues should not be bugs in potato---next version maybe, but not potato, I agree. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer GnuPG: 2048g/3F9C2A43 - 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 PGP 2.6: 2048R/50BDA0ED - E8 D6 84 81 E3 A8 BB 77 8E E2 29 96 C9 44 5F BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Crow-> who gives a shit about US law <jim> anyone living in the US.
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