Josh Triplett writes:
> Mostly, recent discussions in various places regarding whether packages
> are required to use *cron* to run periodic jobs. Policy says what
> packages must do if they install a cronjob, but that itself does not
> mandate the use of cron specifically. It seemed worth
Hello,
On Tue 26 Mar 2024 at 10:11am -06, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> "Josh" == Josh Triplett writes:
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>
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> I tend to agree with Sean that your rationale is not convincing.
> It sounds like you want to use policy as a stick to hit people
> over the head and say "policy is not a stick."
This
> "Josh" == Josh Triplett writes:
I tend to agree with Sean that your rationale is not convincing.
It sounds like you want to use policy as a stick to hit people
over the head and say "policy is not a stick."
I get the impression that you are trying to shift the status quo
somehow, and
On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 12:08:10PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Thanks. For the time being, I myself am not convinced. Policy is not a
> stick to beat maintainers with, as we say, but I'm not sure that idea is
> one that ought to be in Policy itself.
Having observed many attempts to use Policy
Hello,
On Mon 18 Mar 2024 at 04:06am -07, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 05:38:15PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
>> Was there some recent packaging situation that prompted you to think
>> about this? I'm cautious about adding it in the absence of that.
>
> Mostly, recent
On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 05:38:15PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Was there some recent packaging situation that prompted you to think
> about this? I'm cautious about adding it in the absence of that.
Mostly, recent discussions in various places regarding whether packages
are required to use
Hello Josh,
Was there some recent packaging situation that prompted you to think
about this? I'm cautious about adding it in the absence of that.
--
Sean Whitton
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.6.2.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
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This proposal adds a paragraph to Policy to explicitly state that having
policy about *how* to use a particular technology or mechanism is not
necessarily policy *requiring* the use of that
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