Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think the wording does leave room for any interpretation. You are
> free to read it in native english or in english written by a german guy,
> you still get the same meaning: Out of w.x.y.z, the first three have to be
> coorect (w.x.y) while the
On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 07:11:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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> > Santiago> The intention of Christian, I think, was precisely not to
> > Santiago> have to change the Standards-Version field so often, by
> > Santia
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On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Santiago> The intention of Christian, I think, was precisely not to
> Santiago> have to change the Standards-Version field so often, by
> Santiago> specifying only the first three digits of it.
>
> What are you bas
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You suddenly seem to be arguing that policy never be amended
> since we may just be screwing it up.
Er... no. Not even close.
Later,
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Hi,
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Santiago> Srivastava wrote:
>> Even if the intention was what you say (and I think it was not I
>> think the intention was what was actually written), it would be
>> wro
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Raul> The issue isn't trust. The issue is understanding.
I think I am willing to give new maintainers the benfit of
doubt as to whether they can excercise enough judgment to know if
they understand a subject well enough to go and
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>>"Martin" == Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> To get the meaning you want, the text should say:
>>> "Packages should specify only the first three digits ..." or just
>>> "Packages should specify the first three digits ..."
>Martin> Correct, however
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Raul> You honestly think this is good enough for new developers? I
> Raul> must confess that I'm not really in touch with the sort of
> Raul> things they would think.
>
> Of course. You gotta trust people some time. I think we give
> folks the
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On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Even if the intention was what you say (and I think it was not
> -- I think the intention was what was actually written), it would be
> wrong, since every single package in the distribution would have
> to be cha
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Raul> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I would be willing to say that we leave determination of the point
>> when following policy is detrimental to the package to the
>> maintainers themselves; so Dale could decide that strip
Hi,
>>"Martin" == Martin Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> "Oliver Elphick" writes:
>> To get the meaning you want, the text should say:
>>
>> "Packages should specify only the first three digits ..." or just
>> "Packages should specify the first three digits ..."
Martin> Correct, ho
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Raul> I've mostly agreed with (Buddha and Philip's) statement you
> Raul> quoted a few days ago which talks about what to do when policy
> Raul> doesn't apply properly. I think it has a weakness: in creating
> Raul> the rules for how "debian-policy" is
"Oliver Elphick" writes:
> To get the meaning you want, the text should say:
>
>"Packages should specify only the first three digits ..."
> or just
>"Packages should specify the first three digits ..."
Correct, however I think that was the intention of the wording, and it
should be clar
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Raul> Policy SHOULD be followed, in the general case. I'd even agree
Raul> that in a large number of specific cases (but not all), policy
Raul> MUST be followed. You're the one that has decided that this
Raul> means that it SHOULD NOT be foll
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In any case, policy is not meant to be followed anyway.
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Raul> Cut it out, Manoj.
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why? You should be happy I'm on your side now. Were you not objecting
> to th
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