Enrico Zini writes: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 08:27:15PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: >> But I think having recommendations available when people are new, when >> they are looking for what to do when writing new tools, when the trade >> offs don't matter, is really important. I think it's important enough >> that it's worth time for a quick vote (and I do believe we can >> efficiently handle GRs). [...] > Also, as over time my packaging practices have become outdated, I have > found it both difficult and frustrating to engage on a quest for > figuring out "how does one do this thing nowadays?"[1], and if there > were default recommendations available, I would have considered them a > boon[2].
What does stop the recommendations to be outdated in a year or two? Given the long and slow process to gather them, there will probably be a long and slow process to change them; that discourages actually changing them (too high barrier). In my opinion we already have similar problems with other standards/documentation in Debian. Ansgar
