Re: Bug#1095791: dpkg: incompatible and Policy-violating R³ default change breaks packages’ builds

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Subject: Re: Bug#1095791: dpkg: incompatible and Policy-violating R³ default change breaks packages’ builds
From: Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:01:39 +0100
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:16:29 +0100 (CET) Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>wrote:

Source: dpkg
Version: 1.22.13
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy §5.6.31
X-Debbugs-Cc: tg@mirbsd.de

dpkg 1.22.13 implemented a backwards-incompatible change,
violating Policy (which states the default value is most
certainly *not* “no”) and breaking builds of packages.

Hi,

shouldn't this bug be filed instead against debian-policy for not havingrecorded the (silent) consensus [1] reached between November 2024 andJanuary 2025?

[1]https://linux.debian.devel.narkive.com/7bK6YbqZ/mbf-proposing-rules-requires-root-no-being-the-new-default


Regards,

--
Gioele Barabucci

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