On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 11:59:31AM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: minor > X-Debbugs-Cc: ni...@thykier.net > > > In Policy 4.9, we have this sentence: > > Except for packages in the non-free archive with the Autobuild control > > field unset or set to no, required targets must not attempt network access, > > except, via the loopback interface, to services on the build host that have > > been started by the build. > > > This sentence has "except" upon "execpt" (I see it as a form of "double > negation). > > Can we rephrase this with fewer "except" or "negations"? > > Maybe something like: > > """ > The required targets of debian/rules are allowed to access the loopback > interfaces to services on the build host that have been started by the > build. Only packages in the non-free or non-free-firmware archive with the > `Autobuild` control field set to `yes` are allowed to attempt any form of > network access beyond that from the required debian/rules targets. > """
This is not the equivalent: "Autobuild: no" become "Autobuild: yes" in your version... Also it is awkward to put the exception before the rule. I feel this is less clear than the original version. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
