On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 12:09:14PM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote: > nullmailer's init script does not fail obscureley, it clearly states why. > The policy recommends ("should include...") handling this case quietly. As > long as this is only a recommendation, while the LSB requires a failure > ("must print an error message"), I'll go with the LSB. This decision was > made after a lengthy discussion with another bug submitter, and I see no > reason to change it.
Debian Policy does not use "should" and "must" the way the RFCs do. "should include" really means it's a bug if the package doesn't do that. The difference between "should" and "must" is that "must" is release-critical. Richard Braakman