Bill, Thank you for the explanations.
> One of the rules is that policy proposal are wishlist by definition. Quite sensible: protect the policy-makers from blame and "litigation". I guess that the couple of "normal" bugs listed under http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=debian-policy never followed instructions and never set severity. > In no way installing the debian-policy package introduce a security > hole, causes serious data loss or makes unrelated software on the > system break. Not the installation of the policy package, but the following of the policy, prevents base-files from being secure. Is not the policy at fault if it mandates insecure settings or actions? Cheers, Paul Szabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
