On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 10:56:43AM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Given the recent thread in debian-devel[1], I think we should document in > policy that packages that are not tightly related to Debian shouldn't be > native. > > The motivations for discouraging native packages not Debian specific are > that it makes it harder for other parties to make advantage of it. For > example, they would find new "upstream" releases that fixed Debian > packaging bugs, or that were NMUs. Also, where should they report bugs? > In bugs.debian.org?
This is a false dichotomy: native Debian packages can be hosted on alioth which provides support for non-Debian users as well. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
