Bug#167422: general: files in /usr/share should be world-readable
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 11:02:51PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Still, I'm loath to create extra rules that we don't need. In
> general, yes, *every* file should be readable, and it's appropriate to
> file bug reports for the Debian packages which needlessly prevent
> files from being readable. But I don't think we should ensconse a
> rule here.
We've already got that as a rule, anyway, see 11.9. Permissions and owners:
Files should be owned by `root.root', and made writable only by the
owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate), that
is mode 644 or 755.
Cheers,
aj
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