Hello,

On Sat 04 Jan 2025 at 05:20pm +08, Maytham Alsudany wrote:

> On Wed, 2024-08-21 at 23:45 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
>>
>> > +A package that needs domain name suffix data from the publicsuffix
>> > +binary package would list it in the ``Static-Built-Using`` field like
>> > +so:
>>
>> Perhaps reword these or preface with some text to make them more clear
>> they are just some examples for how the field could be used? I mean, I
>> guess this is implicit with the “would“, but perhaps making this
>> explicit is preferable in a document like this?
>>
>> (I'm also always a bit conflicted with examples that are based on real
>> current package data, because while this are then extremely clear right
>> now, they can quickly become obsolete or seem stale or odd after some
>> time has passed. :/ But I'm not sure what would be an alternative, and
>> I think this is something for the policy editors to weight in if at all.)
>
> The wording used in the examples and their nature is based on how they have
> been written in the Built-Using section already in the policy, which I quote 
> below:

I think that Guillem makes a good point.  If there's no alternative,
though, an example that might get out-of-date is probably better than no
example.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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