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

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