Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-04-08 Thread Frank Küster
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: + treated as configuration files. In general, any script that + embeds configuration information is de-facto a configuration + file and should be treated as such. ^^ Wasn't the initial request that these files

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-18 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sun 16. Mar, 15:01 (-0700): Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the patch that I'm applying. If anyone objects, yell now. Actually, looking at this further, I see the Policy was never updated to mention the /etc/cron.hourly directory. I'm

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Jörg Sommer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb am Sun 16. Mar, 15:01 (-0700): Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the patch that I'm applying. If anyone objects, yell now. Actually, looking at this further, I see the Policy was never updated to mention

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Jörg Sommer wrote: Russ Allbery schrieb am Sun 16. Mar, 15:01 (-0700): Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the patch that I'm applying. If anyone objects, yell now. Actually, looking at this further, I see the Policy was never updated to mention the

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Given that Policy is only really useful when kept in sync with release policy, I agree with making a change here. Policy is making a general statement and the RC policy is making a specific statement, so how about replacing this paragraph with: As

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is the patch that I'm applying. If anyone objects, yell now. Actually, looking at this further, I see the Policy was never updated to mention the /etc/cron.hourly directory. I'm fixing that as well. Here's the new combined patch. ---

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2008-03-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Current policy says: , 10.7.1 Definitions | Note that a script that embeds configuration information (such as most | of the files in /etc/default and /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}) is | de-facto a configuration file and should be treated as

Bug#403391: debian-policy: scripts as configuration files: should vs. must

2006-12-16 Thread Frank Küster
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.1 Severity: normal Current policy says: , 10.7.1 Definitions | Note that a script that embeds configuration information (such as most | of the files in /etc/default and /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}) is | de-facto a configuration file and should be