Hi!
On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 13:58:39 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Paul Wise writes ("Re: Declarative packaging (Was: Re: Intended MBF:
> maintainer scripts not using strict mode)"):
> > IIRC last time we discussed this, the recommendation was to set an
> > environm
27;s cooperation. The extensions' users need
to (pre-)Depend on the extension and the relevant dpkg version.
Michael Biebl writes ("Re: Declarative packaging (Was: Re: Intended MBF:
maintainer scripts not using strict mode)"):
> systemd provides a facility called systemd-sysusers
Am 01.07.2017 um 17:25 schrieb Sean Whitton:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 06:34:01PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> systemd provides a facility called systemd-sysusers which allows to
>> describe system user accounts declaratively. Maybe we could leverage that.
>>
>> https://www.freedesktop.org/softw
Hello,
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 06:34:01PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 27.06.2017 um 09:34 schrieb Niels Thykier:
> > After this, we need something other than triggers. Triggers are great
> > for regenerating global caches but they are not good at delegating
> > targeted functionality out lik
Paul Wise writes ("Re: Declarative packaging (Was: Re: Intended MBF: maintainer
scripts not using strict mode)"):
> IIRC last time we discussed this, the recommendation was to set an
> environment variable that maintainer scripts could check to determine
> if they should do ho
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> The common expectation in Debian is, that we expect packages to be
> "usable" after installation. Which means we often intermix installation
> with configuration, which is typically done via maintainer scripts.
>
> This makes it very hard to
Am 27.06.2017 um 09:34 schrieb Niels Thykier:
> After this, we need something other than triggers. Triggers are great
> for regenerating global caches but they are not good at delegating
> targeted functionality out like:
>
> * This package needs user X to be created dynamically with home set
>
Niels Thykier, 2017-06-27 07:34:00 + :
[...]
> After this, we need something other than triggers. Triggers are great
> for regenerating global caches but they are not good at delegating
> targeted functionality out like:
>
> * This package needs user X to be created dynamically with home se
Christoph Biedl:
> [...] Niels has mentioned declarative approaches which seem
> like a good idea. No idea about the status, though, and I'm interested
> in details if there already are some.
>
> Christoph
>
Hi,
Up till now, we deal with some easy wins by converting debhelper
maintscripts t
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