On Sep 19, Raul Miller wrote: > You seem to be saying that issueing new policy doesn't prevent a person > from issuing a package under an old policy and that therefore there's > no advantage in writing policy so that the new policy still accepts the > old practice.
Well, it's more like issuing a new policy doesn't necessarily encourage people to move to the new policy. However, there's certainly no rule that "Any package uploaded after a new policy is promulgated must comply with that policy," which can either be a good or bad thing. Perhaps we need to formalize this somehow (e.g., all packages uploaded more than X weeks after a new substantive revision (i.e. non-4th-digit release) of policy is released should comply with that policy), where big X is some reasonable period of time to accomodate changes. Chris -- ============================================================================= | Chris Lawrence | The Linux/m68k FAQ | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.linux-m68k.org/faq/faq.html | | | | | Amiga A4000 604e/233Mhz | Visit the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: | | with Linux/APUS 2.2.8 | <*> http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/ <*> | =============================================================================
