On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 11:01:28AM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: important > thanks > > Hey Policy, > > I'd like to clarify the purpose of the Conflicts relation, as written in > section 7.2 and 7.4. > > Recently a package (systemd-must-die) was uploaded to NEW. This package > creates a Conflicts relation with systemd packages, and tries to prevent > their install[1]. > > I see this as an abuse of the Conflicts relation, and *not* a valid > reason to use it. In my opinion, this is a needless relation, and not why > Conflicts exists. > > I'd really like a clarification on the point to see if my reading is > correct, and secondly, I'd really like to see policy adjusted to > explicitly forbid or allow this use in the examples (cosmetics, really).
There are precedents for such package, namely harden-servers and harden-clients What alternative to the use of Conflicts would you suggest ? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140703152721.GA1087@yellowpig
