tags 892142 + patch quit Hi,
Paul Wise wrote: > In Policy 7.1. Syntax of relationship fields, there is an example: > > For example, a list of dependencies might appear as: > > Package: mutt > Version: 1.3.17-1 > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), exim | mail-transport-agent > > I would like to suggest that this be updated to replace exim with > default-mta, since exim is no longer in Debian as it has been replaced > with exim4 and many years ago we switched to using the default-mta > virtual package to make it easier to change the default MTA on Debian. > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#syntax-of-relationship-fields Thanks! This is non-normative, so a policy editor can just make the change. How about this patch? It should be possible to apply by downloading this message as an mbox and using "git am --scissors mbox-file". -- >8 -- Subject: Use default-mta in MTA dependency example Reported-by: Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> Closes: #892142 --- debian/changelog | 5 +++++ policy/ch-relationships.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0ec082f..99f6068 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ debian-policy (4.1.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + [ Sean Whitton ] * Policy: Drop get-orig-source rules target Wording: Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> @@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ debian-policy (4.1.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Fix indentation of description of the clean target (Closes: #889960). Thanks Ferenc Wágner for the report. + [ Jonathan Nieder ] + * Use default-mta instead of exim in dependency example (Closes: #892142). + Thanks to Paul Wise for the report. + -- Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> Fri, 29 Dec 2017 18:46:59 +0000 debian-policy (4.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=medium diff --git a/policy/ch-relationships.rst b/policy/ch-relationships.rst index 77cf0e1..1eaa422 100644 --- a/policy/ch-relationships.rst +++ b/policy/ch-relationships.rst @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ For example, a list of dependencies might appear as: Package: mutt Version: 1.3.17-1 - Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), exim | mail-transport-agent + Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), default-mta | mail-transport-agent Relationships may be restricted to a certain set of architectures. This is indicated in brackets after each individual package name and the -- 2.16.2.660.g709887971b
