On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 05:09:00PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > >I am also cautious about wiki'ising this manual. I'd rather we go > >through a more cautious process of agreeing the wording and ensuring > >the detail is clear to all readers globally.
> Well you could have a wikified version and a non-wikified as you > like, but surely a wiki would be more open and reflect debian's > openness. No, it would reflect whatever random drive-by edits are inflicted on it. It is *central* to the purpose of Debian policy that all changes to it be subject to a rigorous public review process. Wiki-based editing of Debian policy would be actively harmful. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
