On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, John R. Daily wrote: > Possible reasons for mandating policy: insuring interoperability, > consistency, functionality, and desire to be a fascist jerk.
1) insuring interoperability If a package doesn't work with the interface another package provides, it's still a bug. Policy has nothing to do with that. 2) consistency See 1. 3) functionality See 1. 4) fascist jerk This is true. So, policy only exists for the fascist jerks?