On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:52:04 -0700, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I thought policy was documenting practice and not the other way
>> around?
> Hm, no, that's not my perception of Policy. New Policy changes should
> reflect practice in Debian first unless the problem is significant
> enough that Policy needs to pick a side before one wins in practice,
> but once something is in Policy, practice needs to conform with Policy
> and not the other way around. Otherwise, what would be the point in
> having a Policy document?
I tend to agree. Policy is not just documentation, it is trying
to document standards to which components of the distributions are to
be held to.
> Of course, if someone believes Policy is wrong, they can always
> propose to change it. In this case, though, I think Policy's current
> position is also the correct technical one to take.
AOL.
manoj
--
Home on the Range was originally written in beef-flat.
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/>
1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
