Josip

Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/08/19 12:32:23
   Josip:
* Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
closes: #193748.
Manoj:
* Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
hosted server.                                         closes: Bug#187297
* Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list  closes: Bug#203728
* Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
--oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
running.                                               closes: Bug#187250
* invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy.     closes: Bug#200440
* Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
removing the package.                                  closes: Bug#188030
* [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
user                                                   closes: Bug#176506

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-250

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3a07ffbe66cb10b6a5219de6434e250014ac729b..20c9be2656b742bf5d112aef0f5d15bdb43d592b 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
-debian-policy (3.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   Josip:
   * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
     closes: #193748.
   Manoj:
   * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
-    hosted server.                                         closes: Bug#184518
+    hosted server.                                         closes: Bug#187297
   * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list  closes: Bug#203728
   * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
     --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
     running.                                               closes: Bug#187250
   * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
     the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy.     closes: Bug#200440
+  * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
+    removing the package.                                  closes: Bug#188030
+  * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
+    user                                                   closes: Bug#176506
 
- --
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
 
 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 404331f87882c8f033106dd389838aa966fbca13..bdce2665097349a1796ead36d89afa102fc20d33 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1234,42 +1234,17 @@
          <heading>Prompting in maintainer scripts</heading>
          <p>
            Package maintainer scripts may prompt the user if
-           necessary. Prompting may be accomplished by hand<footnote>
-               From the Jargon file: by hand 2. By extension,
-               writing code which does something in an explicit or
-               low-level way for which a presupplied library
-               (<em>debconf, in this instance</em>) routine ought
-               to have been available.
-           </footnote>
-           (but this is deprecated), or by communicating through a program
-           which conforms to the Debian Configuration management
-           specification, version 2 or higher, such as
-           <prgn>debconf</prgn><footnote>
-               <p>
-                 6% of Debian packages [see <url
-                 id="http://ftp-master.debian.org/~joeyh/debconf-stats/"
-                 name="Debconf stats">] currently use
-                 <package>debconf</package> to prompt the user at
-                 install time, and this number is growing daily. The
-                 benefits of using debconf are briefly explained at
-                 <url id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debconf_specification.html"
-                 name="Debconf introduction">; they include
-                 preconfiguration, (mostly) noninteractive
-                 installation, elimination of redundant prompting,
-                 consistency of user interface, etc.
-               </p>
-
-               <p>
-                 With this increasing number of packages using
-                 <package>debconf</package>, plus the existence of a
-                 nascent second implementation of the Debian
-                 configuration management system
-                 (<package>cdebconf</package>), and the stabilization
-                 of the protocol these things use, the time has
-                 finally come to reflect the use of these things in
-                 policy.
-               </p>
-           </footnote>.
+           necessary. Prompting should be done by communicating
+           through a program, such as <prgn>debconf</prgn>, which
+           conforms to the Debian Configuration management
+           specification, version 2 or higher.  Prompting the user by
+           other means, such as by hand<footnote>
+                From the Jargon file: by hand 2. By extension,
+                writing code which does something in an explicit or
+                low-level way for which a presupplied library
+                (<em>debconf, in this instance</em>) routine ought
+                to have been available.
+            </footnote>, is now deprecated.
          </p>
 
          <p>
@@ -3728,8 +3703,10 @@ Package: libc6
            </item>
          </enumlist>
 
-         No attempt is made to unwind after errors during
-         removal.
+         If there are problems during this process, we call
+           <example  compact="compact">postinst
+           abort-remove</example>. No other attempt is made to unwind
+           after errors during removal. 
        </p>
       </sect>
     </chapt>

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index c8b81121fc5d3ad47d0b1b3e021de9eec1986fcd..a910a134f3e0e474b125feab1b9a9ee05e07b629 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ picking your way through this list.
 <h2>The checklist</h2>
 
 <pre>
+3.6.1.0                    Aug 2003
+     + Prompting the user should be done using debconf. Non debconf
+       user prompts are now deprecated. [3.10.1]
+
 3.6.0                      Jul 2003
 
      - Restructuring causing shifts in section numbers and bumping of