George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.7.2.1 > Severity: wishlist > > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as > a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separate package. > I think that all sub-policies should obey same rules, e.g. each of them > to be managed in a separate package or within the debian-policy package.
I tend to disagree. A sub-policy should only be part of the debian-policy package, and installed in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy, if it is accepted and has been established through the official policy process. On the other hand, sub-policies do not appear from nowhere and suddenly start being official. Instead, maintainer groups that deal with the sub-topic usually start developping their policy along existing implementations, and adapt their implementations as their policy gets more and more consistent (and tested). At some point, they can apply to become part of "the policy", with all the side effects like must-clauses being RC etc. But that's only the end, and the sub-policy document must exist prior to this, at some other place. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
