Bug#753608: Clarify use of conflicts, clarify what constitutes abuse of the relation
On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 11:01:28AM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: important
> thanks
>
> Hey Policy,
>
> I'd like to clarify the purpose of the Conflicts relation, as written in
> section 7.2 and 7.4.
>
> Recently a package (systemd-must-die) was uploaded to NEW. This package
> creates a Conflicts relation with systemd packages, and tries to prevent
> their install[1].
>
> I see this as an abuse of the Conflicts relation, and *not* a valid
> reason to use it. In my opinion, this is a needless relation, and not why
> Conflicts exists.
>
> I'd really like a clarification on the point to see if my reading is
> correct, and secondly, I'd really like to see policy adjusted to
> explicitly forbid or allow this use in the examples (cosmetics, really).
There are precedents for such package, namely harden-servers and harden-clients
What alternative to the use of Conflicts would you suggest ?
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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