Bug#276822: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#276822: lintian: please make usr-doc-symlink-without-dependency strict again)
On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 11:03:16AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>...
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 07:25:39PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > The first paragraph of section 12.7. of your policy is:
>
> It is our policy, and not yours -- so why do you care so much?
As far as I can see, neither of us is currently a Debian developer.
> > I'd read this section of your policy that
> > /usr/share/doc/<package>/changelog.Debian.gz must always point to
> > "a compressed copy of the `debian/changelog' file from the Debian source
> > tree" <package> was built from.
> >
> > Since this is a "must", a violation through a dependency that is not on
> > exactly the same version of the package containing the actual file seems
> > to be a RC bug.
>
> This reasoning is not undisputed, and also, if this conclusion is drawn,
> it promotes strict dependencies which yield problems in other areas (it
> renders partial upgrades impossible, with the associated problems in
> dependency loop resolution, calculating order of upgrade and library
> transitions, to name a few).
I fail to see how this creates dependency loops:
The copyright/changelog file have to be in one "base package", and all
other packages have to depend on this package.
"library transitions" and other testing-specific problems are not an
isuue, since we hopefully both agree that if one binary gets it's
changelog only through a dependency to another package, both packages
have to be built from the same source package.
> Lintian is not a stick to force disputed and questionable-useful policy
> upon maintainers. Therefore, your request has been denied, and is not
> open for discussion unless policy is changed to clarify what should
> happen regarding this matter, or this issue is escalated to the TC.
I'll send a bug against debian-policy asking for a policy clarification.
> Thanks,
> --Jeroen
cu
Adrian
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