Bug#85500: PROPOSED] please strengthen section 2.3.8.1's stance on messages in postinsts
>>"Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shaleh@valinux.com> writes:
Sean> On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:38:53PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
>> This seems either a wishlist bug against dpkg (to always log output of
>> maintainer scripts), or a bug against packages that do output vitally
>> important information without prompting...
Sean> The problem is that policy is vague enough that the bugs when
Sean> filed are ignored or closed out of hand.
Policy assumes, perhaps mistakenly, a certain modicum of
common sense on the part of developers, and leaves minor decisions
like this to them rather than trying (and failing) to micro-manage all
aspects of packaging.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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