Bug#901160: Updating the description of the Standards-Version field

2018-06-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#901160: Updating the description of the Standards-Version field"): > The upgrading checklist explicitly states that it does not have > normative status, so a 'should not' requirement should not defer to it. I don't see a problem with this referral. The reason the upgrad

Bug#901160: Updating the description of the Standards-Version field

2018-06-09 Thread Sean Whitton
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.4.1 Severity: normal User: debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Usertags: normative discussion Thank you for pointing out that Policy's description is out-of-date, Ian, and for the patch. I agree that it captures the consensus we established in that previous discu