Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2020-11-24 Thread Ansgar
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: normal Tags: patch Section 11.8.4 "Packages providing a window manager" still references the Debian menu. But the Debian menu is deprecated. I suggest to remove the reference, for example with the patch below. Ansgar --- a/policy/ch-customized-

Bug#975637: debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian

2020-11-24 Thread Ansgar
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: normal After a discussion in #-devel today I reviewed packages using other choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and "binary-targets". The query [1] found two uses: - wfrench 1.2.6-1. This could just use "no"; a bug was filed[2]. - libcap2

Bug#975637: debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian

2020-11-24 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:37:53PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: normal > > After a discussion in #-devel today I reviewed packages using other > choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and "binary-targets". The > query [1] found two uses: > > -

Bug#975637: debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian

2020-11-24 Thread Ansgar
On Tue, 2020-11-24 at 13:49 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:37:53PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: > > Therefore I suggest to deprecate using R³ values other than "no" > > and "binary-targets" within Debian. > > What about 'Rules-Requires-Root: yes' ? "yes" is currently not an allowe

Bug#975637: debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian

2020-11-24 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:49:59PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > After a discussion in #-devel today I reviewed packages using other > > choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and "binary-targets". The > > query [1] found two uses: > > > > - wfrench 1.2.6-1. This could just use "no"; a bu