Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hi! On Fri, 2019-05-24 at 13:42:28 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > > > In summary: The debhelper fundamentally cannot affect whether > > > Rules-Requires-Root: no is default or not. The debhelper compat level > > > system is the wrong interface to do this as well. > > > > > > That said, in a

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hideki Yamane: > Hi, > > On Fri, 24 May 2019 10:47:22 -0700 > Sean Whitton wrote: >> (surely we are a very long way from r-r-r: no for every package?) > > I don't think so since lintian info about > "should-specify-rules-requires-root" > containts only 98 packages. >

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hi, On Fri, 24 May 2019 10:47:22 -0700 Sean Whitton wrote: > (surely we are a very long way from r-r-r: no for every package?) I don't think so since lintian info about "should-specify-rules-requires-root" containts only 98 packages.

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hello, On Fri 24 May 2019 at 08:43PM +00, Niels Thykier wrote: > FYI, debhelper is *not* in control of the default for r-r-r (as stated > in the quoted text). Therefore, "Changing debhelper'r default" cannot > be the solution here. Ah, indeed. I should have written "the default in our package

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Sean Whitton: > Hello, > > On Fri 24 May 2019 at 01:42PM +09, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >> Hi, >> In summary: The debhelper fundamentally cannot affect whether Rules-Requires-Root: no is default or not. The debhelper compat level system is the wrong interface to do this as well.

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hello, On Fri 24 May 2019 at 01:42PM +09, Hideki Yamane wrote: > Hi, > >> > In summary: The debhelper fundamentally cannot affect whether >> > Rules-Requires-Root: no is default or not. The debhelper compat level >> > system is the wrong interface to do this as well. >> > >> > That said, in a

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Hi, > > In summary: The debhelper fundamentally cannot affect whether > > Rules-Requires-Root: no is default or not. The debhelper compat level > > system is the wrong interface to do this as well. > > > > That said, in a distant future, I hope we can flip the default of > >

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:11:00 + Niels Thykier wrote: > Control: tags -1 wontfix > > [...] > > Hi, > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > In the thread that you referenced, I received the same request and > answered it in

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Control: tags -1 wontfix On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:23:49 -0500 Jeremy Bicha wrote: > Source: debhelper > Version: 11 > X-Debbugs-CC: kilob...@angband.pl, b...@debian.org > > Since my understanding is that the vast majority of Debian packages > should not require root to build, I

Bug#884999: debhelper: Please default Rules-Require-Root to no

Source: debhelper Version: 11 X-Debbugs-CC: kilob...@angband.pl, b...@debian.org Since my understanding is that the vast majority of Debian packages should not require root to build, I am hesitant to add the boilerplate "Rules-Require-Root: no" to all of my packages. Could we please have