On 08/12/2011 02:27 PM, Mike O'Connor wrote: > Package: dtc-common > Version: 0.32.10-2 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 10.7.4 > > > It seems to me that the package tries to subvert policy 10.7.4 here. Other > bugs have been opened against this source package in the past (for example > #414469, #402432, #414484). I think that trying to get around policy by > having > the postinst do stuff like this: > > echo > "************************************************************************" > echo "* Warning! DTC setup is not completed. The postinst didn't do it all. > *" > echo "To finish the installation: execute > /usr/share/dtc/admin/install/install" > echo > "************************************************************************" > > And thus telling the user to run a script which modifies the configuration > files of a dozen other packages without warning, and often without a way back, > is violating the spirit of the policy. > > stew
The goal of my software is to handle the configuration of the server. If we follow what you are saying, then an administrator would have to spend hours to setup his server manually for a single installation. Do you think that this is manageable? Note also that I've opened discussions about it, and that I'm trying to solve the issue, but the postfix maintainer (for example) didn't even bother to reply. Upstream said that a conf.d folder isn't even possible. What solution do I have here? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
