OK, I get it. So just like saying
Depends: x, x
or
Depends: x
Depends: x
twice is so ridiculous that it doesn't need to be explicitly mentioned as bad.
Sean Whitton writes:
> Could you explain why you think this is needed, please? What problems
> could be caused by a package being listed in more than one field, and
> what problems could be caused by forbidding that?
Particularly since this won't even appear in the binary package because
dpkg-g
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 04:21:47AM +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> BA> As I see it, it is not a bug, but a quality of implementation issue
> BA> that could be flagged by lintian, but does not need to appear in policy.
>
> BA> Most of the time it will be an oversight or caused by a change in
> BA>
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 02:54:02AM +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> SW> Could you explain why you think this is needed, please? What problems
> SW> could be caused by a package being listed in more than one field, and
> SW> what problems could be caused by forbidding that?
>
> Please have your po
BA> As I see it, it is not a bug, but a quality of implementation issue
BA> that could be flagged by lintian, but does not need to appear in policy.
BA> Most of the time it will be an oversight or caused by a change in
BA> external dependencies, so it is worthwhile to notify the maintainer,
BA> bu
SW> Could you explain why you think this is needed, please? What problems
SW> could be caused by a package being listed in more than one field, and
SW> what problems could be caused by forbidding that?
Please have your policy say if it is OK to drive on the right side of
the road or the left side
control: tag -1 +moreinfo
Hello Dan,
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:05:08AM +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> On
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps
> please add an explicit statement:
>
> A package listed in Depends must not also be listed in Suggests or
> R
Processing control commands:
> tag -1 +moreinfo
Bug #809383 [debian-policy] mention explicitly double listing: Depends,
Recommends, Suggests
Added tag(s) moreinfo.
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