Zack Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to see this say something about what may be assumed of the > standard shell utilities, as well as the shell itself, and in > particular I'd like to see coreutils bug #339085 addressed [please see > the bug log for my personal very strong opinion on which way it should > be addressed].
I'm not sure I want to get into this one from a Debian Policy perspective. Putting aside questions of what the right approach is, the standard shell utilities exist for the most part in a single package. I think it falls to the maintainer of that package and, if necessary for appeal, the tech-ctte to determine technical policy for that package. The primary purpose of the Debian Policy document in my view is to handle cross-package, cross-distribution integration issues as well as to provide the technical specification of Debian core components like the packaging format. I don't think it's the right venue for debating the correct behavior of specific individual packages, even when those packages are Essential, unless those packages are pieces of the package management system for which Policy is the final behavior specification. I'm not sure how clear that was; if that didn't make sense, let me know. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
