>>"Clint" == Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Yeah, well, I'll be happy to change this once we have some official
>> Policy, or an offical Best Current Practice statement.
Clint> We DO have an official Policy. It makes 'command -v' unusable in
>> !/bin/sh scripts. That's 688 packages in violation.
>> It makes 'set -e'
Clint> unusable in #!/bin/sh scripts. That's 6810 packages in
Clint> violation. At least 7498 packages in sid have preinsts,
Clint> prerms, postinsts, or postrms which violate Debian policy.
The policy explicitly mentions that set -e is to be used. Have
we collectively taken leave of common sense?
Clint> Manoj suggests that I file bugs.
For the former. For the latter, if it really confuses soemone
whether set -e is to be used or not, I suggest they stop
being a developer and take up some other hobby, like being a lawyer.
manoj
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