Does iproute2 moving config files to /usr/lib violate section 10.7.2?

2023-09-14 Thread Daniel Gröber
Hello debian-policy, iproute2 has moved it's config files that were traditionally at /etc/iproute2 to /usr/lib/iproute2 due to an upstream change. I've tried to convince the maintainer(s) that this is a bad idea in Bug#1051577, when this was shot down I filed Bug#1051847 as severity:serious on the

Re: Does iproute2 moving config files to /usr/lib violate section 10.7.2?

2023-09-16 Thread Daniel Gröber
Sam, Russ, Bill, Thanks for your input. To be quite frank I still don't see how the interpretation of allowing configuration files outside of /etc can be supported based on the policy text. Ultimately I'm just concerned about the UX aspects of admins suddenly having to go hunting for config files

Bug#1058589: developers-reference: please mention urgency=critical/emergency for completeness

2023-12-13 Thread Daniel Gröber
Source: developers-reference Severity: normal Hi, > 6.3.2. Selecting the upload urgency mentions only high, medum and low urgency values. Britney also supports critical and emergency. These should be documented as well. Something like: - The delays are currently 2, 5 or 10 days, depending on t

Bug#1058589: developers-reference: please mention urgency=critical/emergency for completeness

2023-12-13 Thread Daniel Gröber
Hi Holger, On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 02:19:14PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 01:55:21PM +0100, Daniel Gröber wrote: > > > 6.3.2. Selecting the upload urgency > > mentions only high, medum and low urgency values. Britney also > > supports critical and

Bug#1058589: developers-reference: please mention urgency=critical/emergency for completeness

2023-12-13 Thread Daniel Gröber
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 07:24:49PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 07:04:01PM +0100, Daniel Gröber wrote: > > That's fine, but in that case this fact should be documented instead no? > > Right now there's confusion across the docs what criticality

Bug#499167: developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions

2024-07-16 Thread Daniel Gröber
The convention seems to be documented in https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F > “+dfsg.N” and “+ds.N“ are a conventional way of extending a version > string, when the Debian package's upstream source tarball is actua