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Bug#902612: Packages should not touch users' home directories



On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Sean Whitton wrote:
>>     Packages must not contain files in /home, and packages' maintainer
>>     scripts must not write to users' home directories. The programs in
>>     those packages may create directory hierarchies as described in
>>     §3.8.3 "Home Directory Specifications and Conventions" when run by
>>     a user.

Would it be clearer to say "programs and shell scripts" to explicitly
permit wrapper scripts §9.9 written by the maintainer?

Best wishes,
Mike


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