Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete

Hello Russ, In my view the main purpose of policy is to allow interoperability by defining interfaces between packages. We used to have a separate Packaging Manual, but it has been merged with Policy a long time ago. The intent was to reduce duplication which lead to outdated information. Howeve

Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete

Russ Allbery: Niels Thykier writes: Russ Allbery: Ooo, this is a great framing of the problem. I have a lot of thoughts about this. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if they're actionable thoughts since my grand vision requires someone to sit down and do some serious Policy restructuring and pro

Processed: tagging 567033

Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tags 567033 - moreinfo + wontfix Bug #567033 {Done: Sean Whitton } [debian-policy] Decide if we should continue recommending /usr/games Removed tag(s) moreinfo. Bug #567033 {Done: Sean Whitton } [debian-policy] Decide if we should continue recom

Bug#567033: marked as done (Decide if we should continue recommending /usr/games)

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Bug#1051582: Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete

Niels Thykier writes: > Russ Allbery: >> Ooo, this is a great framing of the problem. I have a lot of thoughts >> about this. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if they're actionable thoughts >> since my grand vision requires someone to sit down and do some serious >> Policy restructuring and produce