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Bug#845255: debian-policy: Include best practices for packaging database applications



Hi all,

I hate to ping bugs, but is there anything I can do to help this move
forward? (The policy 4.0.0 release reminded me of this bug).

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:17:55 +0100 Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> wrote:
> It has been a while since the first version of the "Best practices for
> packaging database applications" was drafted by Sean Finney as the creator of
> dbconfig-common. The discussion on the document has died down a long time ago,
> but as the new (since last year) maintainer of dbconfig-common, I think would
> be appropriate to include or attach the database policy in the Debain policy. I
> asked the audience during my dbconfig-common BoF at Debconf 16 if they agreed
> with me, and the consensus was yes (for whatever it is worth).
> 
> The current text of the "Best practices for packaging database applications" is
> contained in the dbconfig-common package and can be found on
> www.debian.org/doc¹. I attach current source to this bug report as a base-line
> of the content for discussion.
> 
> What would be the best way forward? Is this appropriate for the policy?
> 
> ¹ https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/dbapp-policy/ch-dbapps.html

Paul

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