Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files

2024-12-05 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Thu 05 Dec 2024 at 10:13am -08, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.7.0.1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org > > Packages already tend to avoid requiring any files from /usr/share/man > or /usr/share/info, and don't require fi

Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files

2024-12-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 10:13:24AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: >> Package: debian-policy >> Version: 4.7.0.1 >> Severity: wishlist >> Tags: patch >> X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org >> >> Packages already tend to avoid requiring any files from /usr/share/man >> or /usr/s

Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files

2024-12-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 10:13:24AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.7.0.1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org > > Packages already tend to avoid requiring any files from /usr/share/man > or /usr/share/info, and don't require fil

Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files

2024-12-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.7.0.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org Packages already tend to avoid requiring any files from /usr/share/man or /usr/share/info, and don't require files in /usr/share/locale if running in a C or C.UTF-8 locale. The attached patc