Re: mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

2006-08-22 Thread Cameron Dale
On 8/19/06, sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it was recently brought to my attention that the documented method for using the dbconfig-common hooks in a maintainer's postrm script was non-compliant wrt policy 7.2. policy stipulates that packages can not require use of programs from any non

Re: [Dbconfig-common-devel] mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

2006-08-19 Thread Torsten Werner
Hi Sean, 2006/8/19, sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: unfortunately, the example packages used as guidelines didn't make any checks to safeguard this, so i suspect most/all of the packages using dbconfig-common do not either. since these are rc-bugs, i don't think the lintian route is the corre

Re: [Dbconfig-common-devel] mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

2006-08-19 Thread Michael Ablassmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi sean, On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 10:54:06AM -0400, sean finney wrote: > unfortunately, the example packages used as guidelines didn't > make any checks to safeguard this, so i suspect most/all of > the packages using dbconfig-common do not either. si

Re: mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

2006-08-19 Thread Miguel Gea Milvaques
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 sean finney wrote: > hey d-d, > > it was recently brought to my attention that the documented method > for using the dbconfig-common hooks in a maintainer's postrm script > was non-compliant wrt policy 7.2. policy stipulates that packages > can not r

mass bugfiling: dbconfig-common-using packages violating policy 7.2

2006-08-19 Thread sean finney
hey d-d, it was recently brought to my attention that the documented method for using the dbconfig-common hooks in a maintainer's postrm script was non-compliant wrt policy 7.2. policy stipulates that packages can not require use of programs from any non-essential packages in the postrm/purge pha