On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 04:35:17PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> It's some work for a maintainer to convert a package that simply uses
> things like "cat <<EOM" for interaction with the user to debconf - and if
> the maintainer is for any reason not willing to convert his package (he
> might even refuse a patch) the only way to force him to make this change
> is when policy says he has to do it.
To pseudo-quote Anthony Towns on this one: policy is not a stick to
hit lazy maintainers with.
There is no way to force anyone, but patches are gratefully accepted
by most maintainers.
Julian
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