Bug#1035733: debian -policy: packages must not use dpkg-divert to override default systemd configuraton files
On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 08:19:08AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > In general, policy proscription are only useful when the description of
> > a better mechanism is provided. But there is no place for that in this
> > section.
>
> I'm not sure I understand this statement, since describing a better
> mechanism is exactly the point of that language about systemd. We link
> directly to those better mechanisms (masking, drop-ins, and, for
> alternatives, aliases).
What I meant was that this section in not the right place for systemd or other
software configuration detail, because nobody will look for systemd
configuration detail in the dpkg-divert section.
> I definitely agree that Policy should have a whole section devoted to
> systemd and its configuration files, but I don't want to try to boil the
> ocean in one bug. But yes, we should be working towards that, IMO.
Yes that what I wanted to say.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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