On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 11:34:09PM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > That would be a reason *not* to put it in policy, at least until we > > consider the reasons for such a refusal. Policy is supposed to > > encode the things we do agree on. > > That's not true, and it never was. Policy changes often leaves existing > packages in non-compliance. And that's good.
It's only good if there's consensus that those packages should be changed. It doesn't have to be unanimous, but all viewpoints should be heard and considered. > As I see it policy is there to give somebody the right of filing a bug > report. I strongly disagree with that view. I'm not on this list to help make a sharper stick. Richard Braakman
