jida...@jidanni.org writes: > >>>>> "RA" == Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > > RA> No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is > RA> something that we need to make technical Policy about. > > Well then please add in the manual that Debian officially has no > opinion on dates on the man pages, and one is free to do as one feels > fit on the matter.
Again, there is no good reason to have Policy explicitly say “do as you see fit” on arbitrary topics. Rather, the absence of normative language in Policy already presents that option. Why are you seeking a “the Debian project officially has no opinion on this matter” statement on this, and – importantly – how does your argument not apply to thousands of other matters on which Policy is currently silent? -- \ “Free thought is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition | `\ for democracy.” —Carl Sagan | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87oc9c7haq....@benfinney.id.au
