Bug#89473: PROPOSAL] dpkg-statoverride and Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)
>>"Ben" == Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:
>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@valinux.com> writes:
Wichert> Policy should set guidelines for making packages [...]
Wichert> The less details, the better.
Ben> Um. Policy *IS* the guide for making packages now. There's no
Ben> Packaging Manual any more, and so these kinds of details must be
Ben> included in policy. There's no other place to put them!
I disagree. Developers reference still exists, and so does the
packaging manual. The packaging manual is merely no longer policy.
Ben> How else are we supposed to learn about when to use dpkg-statoverride?
Ben> Guess? Bug people on IRC? I'd rather be able to read one document
Ben> and learn how all the dpkg tools work.
Then read the dpkg documents, which now include the packaging manual.
Given this, I formally object to this proposal.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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