Bug#422968: is logrotate really necessary to run the package?

2007-05-09 Thread Ivan Shmakov
SL == Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Is the dependency on `logrotate' really necessary? SL Yes; packages should not facilitate users to shoot themselves in SL the foot by filling up the logging partition. No system is foolproof since fools are so clever. There're

Bug#422968: is logrotate really necessary to run the package?

2007-05-09 Thread Ivan Shmakov
SL == Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Is the dependency on `logrotate' really necessary? SL Yes; packages should not facilitate users to shoot themselves in SL the foot by filling up the logging partition. No system is foolproof since fools are so clever. There're

Bug#422968: is logrotate really necessary to run the package?

2007-05-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 03:34:10PM +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: SL Users can use whatever they want to rotate the logs, with or SL without the dependency, by editing the logrotate config files and SL configuring their own log rotation program. But logrotate is SL Priority: important,

Bug#422968: is logrotate really necessary to run the package?

2007-05-08 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Package: samba Version: 3.0.24-6 Severity: wishlist Depends: ..., logrotate, ... Recommends: smbldap-tools Is the dependency on `logrotate' really necessary? Couldn't it be put into `Recommends:' field instead? It will allow users to use different programs to