Re: First draft of review of policy must usage
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:10:44PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:
>
>> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:18:00AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> >> Really? Have you read the message where Luk said that #!/bin/sh bugs
>> >> using no POSIX features isn't RC? That just make me think one thing:
>> >> "Let's release fast, whatever this means!"
>
>> > No, it means "Let's release at _some_ point, rather than waiting for
>> > five years". It's not as if we haven't been taking this type of
>> > shortcuts for woody and sarge either.
>
>> I disagree with you.
>
> Well, that makes you wrong then. The etch RC policy is directly derived
> from the sarge RC policy, *with new requirements added*.
So I disagree with the Sarge policy :-D
>> I fail to see where in the Constituition say's that RM team can ignore
>> a Debian Policy rule.
>
> There's nothing in the constitution that says RMs are *bound* by policy's
> definition of what is or isn't a release-critical bug, either.
Neither there's something there that says RM are allowed to ignore the policy.
> Anyway, it doesn't make sense to make POSIX sh an RC requirement for etch at
> this stage of the release cycle, but I would be in favor of the release team
> endorsing 0-day NMUs for any such bugs. I'll discuss this with Andi.
If the POSIX sh affect the usability of the package it's a RC
bug. It'll make the package useless to people using dash as shell, for
example. See bellow:
,----[ http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer.en.html#severities ]
| grave
| makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes
| data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
| accounts of users who use the package.
`----
That's my understanding of this.
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