On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 01:36:24PM -0400, Igor Khavkine wrote: > > Yes, that's true. But we are also talking about Debian GNU/Hurd, which is a > distribution. And one of the roles of a distribution and its packages is to > set policy.
No. We build packages and integrate them. We don't set policies for the upstream maintainers. You can always raise such issues on debian-devel, or another broader Debian list. > Right now the official policy for the hurd package is to be built > using make. This policy could very well change. And whether it should change > is a relevant point for discussion. No. This is completely off-topic, and this was the reason why I dropped the CC to the list, which you unfortunately put back. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
