Bug#206684: marked as done (Use of debconf for prompting should be mandatory except for essential packages and pre-dependencies)
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and subject line Bug#206684: fixed in debian-policy 3.8.2.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #206684,
regarding Use of debconf for prompting should be mandatory except for essential packages and pre-dependencies
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1
Severity: wishlist
Now that debconf use is recommended in Policy (since 3.6.1), I think it's
time to think about the future.
During the discussion about this amendment (bug #176506), it was decided to
only make this a "should" requirement, which is achieved now.
This proposal is what I think to be the next step : make this a "must"
I added something about the mandatory use of a gettext-based system for user
prompts. Basically, this means that our Holy Policy would require the use of
"po-debconf" for debconf..:-)
I propose that the first paragraph of 3.10.1 is to be rewritten to :
Package maintainer scripts may prompt the user if necessary.
Prompting must be accomplished by communicating through a program
which conforms to the Debian Configuration management specification,
version 2 or higher, such as `debconf'[2]. This program should allow
easy translation by using a system based on gettext files for storing
the texts of questions and their translations.
Of course, this *has* to wait after sarge release. It wouldn't be realistic to
include this in the Debian Policy version which will be used for sarge.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.21 #1 jeu jui 24 08:36:17 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.ISO-8859-1 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR)
-- no debconf information
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.8.2.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.8.2.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.2.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.8.2.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.2.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.8.2.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.2.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 206684@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.2.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 206684 519706 519835 522218 522219 522364 525151 533257
Changes:
debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
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[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #206684
* Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Closes: #522219
* Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
Closes: #522364
* Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
Closes: #522218
* Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
- Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
- Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
* Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
(Closes: #519706)
.
[ Colin Watson ]
* The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
* Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
Closes: #533257
* Policy: State requirements for source package names
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #525151
* Add myself to Uploaders.
.
[ Bill Allombert ]
* Add myself to Uploaders.
* Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
* debian/rules:
- use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
`dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
- fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
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