Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2012-01-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > Here is an updated patch that tries to remedy those concerns. The > requirement for /run and /run/lock is a separate point in the FHS > exception list, and a new section under 9.1 has been added to spell out > explicitly, for everyone, the requirements on packages that mak

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2012-01-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Roger Leigh writes: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 09:58:45AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Note that this version of the patch explicitly says that packages >> "should" use /run and /run/lock in preference to /var/run and >> /var/lock. My understanding is that this is where we want to go, but >> if

Re: Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2012-01-02 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 09:58:45AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Note that this version of the patch explicitly says that packages "should" > use /run and /run/lock in preference to /var/run and /var/lock. My > understanding is that this is where we want to go, but if this is > premature, that para

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2012-01-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 09:58:45AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Comments, objections, seconds? Seconded. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2012-01-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Hello everyone (and happy new year!), I read through all of the discussion of this bug and reviewed the latest patches, and I had the following concerns. 1. A lot of the discussion of /run and /run/lock was in a non-normative footnote, but it was really normative text. It didn't fit well wedg

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-29 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:29:16PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 09:08:18PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > Would anybody object to Roger patch being applied without the reference to > > /run/shm, and leave this particular topic to another bug report ? > > > Beside, I att

Re: Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-29 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:33:23PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Michael Biebl wrote: > > At the current state, I'm not for adding /run/shm to debian-policy. > > If we can get wider acceptance of this feature (cross-distro), then my > > position > > on this might

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 09:08:18PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > Would anybody object to Roger patch being applied without the reference to > /run/shm, and leave this particular topic to another bug report ? > Beside, I attach an alternative patch by Thomas Hood that I found in the > log but whic

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Michael Biebl wrote: > At the current state, I'm not for adding /run/shm to debian-policy. > If we can get wider acceptance of this feature (cross-distro), then my > position > on this might change. Atm this looks like a Debian-only feature with no real > use-case why we need

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-28 Thread Thomas Hood
BTW, my alternative patch was intended only to improve the wording, not to change the import. I hope I succeeded (in improving it) and, if so, that you'll accept the improvement. Cheers, -- Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-28 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 09:08:18PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:50:52PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > Am 08.06.2011 23:22, schrieb Bill Allombert: > > > Hello Cyril and Michael, > > > > > > Are you willing to resecond this as the final version ? > > > > > > At the

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-11-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:50:52PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 08.06.2011 23:22, schrieb Bill Allombert: > > Hello Cyril and Michael, > > > > Are you willing to resecond this as the final version ? > > > At the current state, I'm not for adding /run/shm to debian-policy. > If we can get wid

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-06-15 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 08.06.2011 23:22, schrieb Bill Allombert: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:25:18AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have attached the full patch against current policy.git. This is >> identical to the previous patches, with the addition of a single >> sentence to the footnote: >> >> "Additi

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-06-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:25:18AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi, > > I have attached the full patch against current policy.git. This is > identical to the previous patches, with the addition of a single > sentence to the footnote: > > "Additionally, the subdirectory /run/shm is a replacement >

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-05-28 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 08:53:12PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > Hello Roger, > > I think the /run implementatio has progressed far enough to update policy. > Your last patch was relative to a previous one. Could you regenerate it > relative to current policy and seconders be so kind as to resec

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-05-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 06:43:02PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 05:27:48PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > + replacement for /var/run, and its > > > + subdirectory /run/lock is a replacement > > > for > > > + /var/lock. T

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 05.04.2011 20:13, schrieb Bill Allombert: > I suggest to wait until /run exists in unstable systems, but not until > packages are > using it. This allows developers to notice the change and maybe comment on > the patch. http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/base-files/news/20110405T161708Z.html --

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 08:34:38PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.9.1.0 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > Please could you add /run as an exception to the FHS? I've attached > a patch with proposed text. > > References: > #620191 - initscripts support for /run >

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 05:27:48PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > + replacement for /var/run, and its > > + subdirectory /run/lock is a replacement for > > + /var/lock. These changes have been > > + adopted by most distributions

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi! > + replacement for /var/run, and its > + subdirectory /run/lock is a replacement for > + /var/lock. These changes have been > + adopted by most distributions and have been proposed > + for inclusion in a fut

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 02:55:21PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi, > > Roger Leigh (04/04/2011): > > + should not be preserved across reboot. > > “reboots” if you want to stay consistent with the hunk below. > > > + contents are not preserved across reboots. This >

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Roger Leigh (05/04/2011): > Updated patch attached. To match existing usage in the document, > I've switch both to the singular "reboot" since the contents will > be lost over a single reboot. Hope that's OK? Surely. KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Roger Leigh (04/04/2011): > + additionally allowed: /run, > + /sys and /selinux. > + The /run directory is a > + replacement for /var/run, and its > + subdirectory /run/lock is a replacement for > +

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 08:34:38PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.9.1.0 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > Please could you add /run as an exception to the FHS? I've attached > a patch with proposed text. > > References: > #620191 - initscripts support for /run >

Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception

2011-04-04 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: normal Hi, Please could you add /run as an exception to the FHS? I've attached a patch with proposed text. References: #620191 - initscripts support for /run #620157 - base-files provides /run http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fed