Bug#89473: PROPOSAL] dpkg-statoverride and Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)
>>>>> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
Manoj> I disagree. Developers reference still exists, and so
Manoj> does the packaging manual. The packaging manual is merely
Manoj> no longer policy.
There is no link to the packaging manual from w.d.o/devel and there is
no packaging-manual package in the archives any more (except for
stable's outdated version). So no, it doesn't exist any more.
The description of the Developers Reference reads:
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the
recommended procedures and the available resources for Debian
developers.
*snip*
It should be clear that this reference does not discuss the technical
details of the Debian package nor how to generate Debian packages;
that information is discussed in the Debian Packaging Manual. Nor
does this reference detail the standards to which Debian software must
comply; that information can be found in the Debian Policy Manual.
So again, no. There is currently *NO PLACE* for non-policy related
packaging information.
Manoj> Then read the dpkg documents, which now include the
Manoj> packaging manual.
No, it doesn't.
Unpacking dpkg-doc (from .../dpkg-doc_1.8.3.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up dpkg-doc (1.8.3.1) ...
sh-2.04# dpkg -L dpkg-doc
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/dpkg
/usr/share/doc/dpkg/internals
/usr/share/doc/dpkg/internals/ch-build.html
/usr/share/doc/dpkg/internals/ch-code.html
/usr/share/doc/dpkg/internals/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dpkg/changelog.manuals.gz
/usr/share/doc-base
/usr/share/doc-base/dpkg-doc
/usr/share/doc/dpkg-doc
Nowhere is a scrap of information about dpkg-statoverride mentioned.
Manoj> Given this, I formally object to this proposal.
Please do more research before you formally object! I expect more
from you, Manoj. :)
Ben
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