Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> writes: > Hi! > > On Sat, 2025-02-01 at 22:33:16 +0100, Abou Al Montacir wrote: >> On Sat, 2025-02-01 at 17:35 +0100, Abou Al Montacir wrote: >> > But also, in this particular case, it's not the issue of the spec but of a >> > particular tool trying to enforce the rule. >> > >> > I'll file a bug to fix it. > >> I finally found many reports already dealing with this issue in the >> bug tracker. >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1043043 >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1034102 >> >> Above two bugs are reporting very similar problems. >> >> The following bug was closed >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028503 >> But I find it no clear consensus there that it could be closed with the >> current >> situation. > > There is also <https://bugs.debian.org/1031381>, and I started a > discussion on this list with the stuff I think was collected as being > unclear and worth improving or clarifying at [M], but AFAIR the driver > of the DEP stated not having time to handle that work. > > [M] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/08/msg00067.html > >> So I'm reporting this here again to ask what can be done to fix this issue >> that >> seems to wait for more than one year? > > So I assume, given the above, someone might need to step up to drive > this further (?), but I'm not sure now how this would be handled in > the DEP process, or if it's possible within that framework, etc. > In any case IMO the DEP needs to be improved and/or clarified, as > stated in the above mentioned thread.
I think there are 2 separate issues - improving the DEP - improving udd to reflect the current DEP if the first is too difficult because no-one is willing to drive a process, that seems more of a reason to focus on the second, which "just" needs some technical changes to make udd match the current DEP. If you are thinking that there might need to be further changes when the DEP changes, i would instead suggest there is still value in making improvements as people will be more willing to get involved in the process side if they see a tool under more development
