On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:27:31 -0700, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: >On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:20:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:58:58 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow >> <goswin-...@web.de> wrote: >> >I think for that goal it would be good for lintian to add an exception >> >to the (build-)depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version check. >> >That does not mean that bash should stop being essential in Debian any >> >time soon. > >> I have never understood that rule in the first place. Why am I not >> allowed to depend on an essential package, it's just clearer >> documentation, and doesn't hurt. > >> What am I missing? > >The footnote to Policy 3.5, where this is written out?
Ah, so this is the same as the no-circular-dependency rule, dumping extra error proneness and extra thoughtweight on all developers to work around shortcomings in our software? Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1osuae-0002xx...@swivel.zugschlus.de
