Hi,
>>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jules> I'm not a debian developer, merely an interested lurker (I will
Jules> almost certainly become a developer sometime). Apologies if
Jules> you think I'm speaking out of turn.
Jules> --On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 2:47 pm -0500 "Manoj Srivastava"
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jules> No contention at all. Developers are not required to follow
Jules> policy. But, reports are filed for policy deviations, thus
Jules> putting pressure on to adapt either policy or the developer ;)
Jules> as necessary. The reports will remain until someone closes
Jules> them - so they are a reminder of all extant violations (rather,
Jules> all extant violations that bother people).
Hmm. I do think this leads to a dilution of technical
discipline. And we already have way too many open bug reports; people
do not seem to want to fix ``real'' bugs, and ``mere'' policy reports
would be seen as fluff.
I guess I am leaning mre towards a codification of laws (like
hammurabi [I am unsure of the english spelling of his name]), while
the opposition is opting for the chinese predeliction of trusting
humans rather than laws; and trusting on the selection process to
ensure that the people chosen shall be more adaptive and can adjust
to cases on merit; historically, that has been subject to abuse; and
even bodies of good men (soryy, ladies) have been know to decay; a
codified system of rules is more stable against the ravages of time.
manoj
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