On 11/29/19 11:32 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: > > Ian, I find that I'm not able to answer Simon's question with regard to > Proposal D. > > Imagine that we have a program that has compile time support for systemd > and for other mechanisms. It provides enhanced functionality when built > against systemd, but when so built, it cannot run without systemd. > > It's packaged that way in Debian. > Someone files a bug with a patch that changes the compilation option to > support the non-systemd bug, removing the enhanced systemd > functionality. > > What does proposal D say about this? > Is the package RC buggy under proposal D until this patch is applied? > Does the maintainer have the option to retain the enhanced > functionality?
Sam, Is this a real life case (if so, please name the package...), or just a pure fictional one, just because you love debating? Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
