Bug#852314: stable release of debian now supports /run
Control: tags 852314 pending
Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> writes:
> policy 9.1.1 nr 8 and the upgrading checklist still mention that
> Packages must not assume that /run exists without a versioned
> dependency on initscript "until the stable release of Debian supports
> /run".
> This language will lure the unobserving package maintainer into adding
> this versioned dependency today when upgrading a long neglected
> package and working along the upgrading checklist.
> I therefore suggest removing the language from policy and the
> upgrading checklist. If you don't want to rewrite history regarding
> the upgrading checklist, please consider adding language like
> "packages can assume that /run exists without a dependency on
> initscripts" to the appropriate place in the upgrading checklist.
Agreed. I've deleted that paragraph for the next release and added an
upgrading-checklist entry saying this dependency is no longer required.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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