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

2022-10-04 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun 02 Oct 2022 at 09:03PM +02, Niels Thykier wrote: > Here is my view in short: As I see it, only the values `no` and > `binary-targets` for `Rules-Requires-Root` makes sense for the *policy defined > targets*[1] at the moment. Accordingly, Debian policy can probably reduce the >

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

2022-10-02 Thread Niels Thykier
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:01:52 -0700 Sean Whitton wrote: Hello Ansgar, On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 01:37PM +01, 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

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

2020-12-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Ansgar, On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 01:37PM +01, 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

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

2020-12-01 Thread Ansgar
On Tue, 2020-12-01 at 08:00 -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: > > > > > "Ansgar" == Ansgar  writes:     Ansgar> using other choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and     Ansgar> "binary-targets".  The query [1] found two uses: Can you help me understand how options other than binary-targets or no

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

2020-12-01 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ansgar" == Ansgar writes: Ansgar> using other choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and Ansgar> "binary-targets". The query [1] found two uses: Can you help me understand how options other than binary-targets or no were supposed to work/what they make possible? I have

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

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

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
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]. -