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| From | Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition |
| Date | 2024-03-01 13:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <IdabA-dGFp-47@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Id9Iu-dG5x-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <Id9Iu-dG5x-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Re: Simon McVittie
> libglib2.0-0t64 could gain a preinst that deletes
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib2.0-0:${DEB_HOST_ARCH}.postrm. This is a clear
> Policy violation, but perhaps between closely cooperating packages
> (glib2.0 and, er, glib2.0) it would be the least-bad answer to this?
That doesn't sound too bad to me.
> Possible solution: other ideas?
Make glib2.0-t64 use a different cache filename?
> If the solution that is chosen is a Policy violation (like deleting
> the problematic postrm) then I would also like to have clarity that the
> Policy violation is tolerable as a less-bad solution, and therefore will
> not itself be treated as a RC bug in trixie.
I would tend to treat policy as a set of rules that you normally
shouldn't break, but if there's a clear argument why it makes sense in
given case, it would be quite silly to reject that solution just
because of formal reasons.
Christoph
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Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-01 13:00 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> - 2024-03-01 13:30 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2024-03-01 16:10 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2024-03-01 16:50 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2024-03-01 17:20 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-01 18:50 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-02 21:30 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-02 23:10 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-03 03:10 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-06 13:10 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> - 2024-03-04 01:00 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2024-03-04 17:00 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2024-03-04 17:20 +0100
Bug#1065170: tech-ctte: Requesting advice on glib2.0 #1065022, file deletion by postrm during t64 transition Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> - 2024-03-04 17:50 +0100
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