On Tue, 09 May 2023 00:31:20 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, 08 May 2023 14:14:30 -0700 Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote: > > Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> writes: > > > On Mon, 2023-05-08 at 08:48:49 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > > >> […] I suspect Policy should say something stronger and more > general, > > >> namely that no package in Debian should divert a file from another > > >> package unless this is arranged cooperatively between the packages > to > > >> solve some specific (unusual) problem. > > > > > ,--- §3.9 --- > > > You should not use "dpkg-divert" on a file belonging to another > > > package without consulting the maintainer of that package first. > When > > > adding or removing diversions, package maintainer scripts must > provide > > > the "--package" flag to "dpkg-divert" and must not use "--local". > > > `--- > > > > Oh, thank you! I had completely forgotten that we said something > about > > this under maintainer scripts. > > > > That doesn't entirely cover this case (because systemd and udev may > not be > > "that package" in this sense), but it covers much of the general > case. > > Would you like me to reword/move the new snippet? Gentle ping. Any suggestion on how to reword/change the proposal? -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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