Bug#412668: debian-policy: extended 10.7 to other forms of configuration (e.g. symlinks)

2007-02-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.2 Severity: important [Severity set as important, because the lack of a requirement can have serious implications, including security ones.] Configuration is sometimes represented in another way than contents of a configuration file, e.g. a set of symbolic

Bug#412668: debian-policy: extended 10.7 to other forms of configuration (e.g. symlinks)

2007-02-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:17:51AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: [Severity set as important, because the lack of a requirement can have serious implications, including security ones.] Configuration is sometimes represented in another way than contents of a configuration file, e.g. a set of

Bug#412668: debian-policy: extended 10.7 to other forms of configuration (e.g. symlinks)

2007-02-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-02-27 16:37:21 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: Policy requires that packages preserve local changes to *configuration files*. What you're asking for is that packages be required unconditionally to preserve *application behavior*. No, this is not what I'm asking for. I really mean