Re: Bug#63347: tcsh-i18n: Incorrect dependancy

[Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org>]

On 00-05-14 Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 02:46:05PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > > Whether it is a straightforward violation is a moot point - look at the long
> > > thread it generated, and you haven't managed to persuade the other three
> > > participants that what you're right.
> > 
> > How can it possibly be moot? The penultimate sentence of section 2.2 of the
> > policy manual is 
> > 
> > Packages may not depend on packages with lower priority values
> > (excluding build-time dependencies).
> > 
> > One may not agree with the policy, but it is clear.
> > 
> > (I think the consensus would be that in the presence of "Depends: X|Y",
>                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > policy is satisfied so long as one of X or Y not lower, but it might be
>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > better to make that explicit.)

> What you said.   :|

And think about the last part of Steves statement. It's one side to
interpret a sentence, but it's better to find a interpretation that is
acceptable for the most people and then write it down, as Steve
suggested. 

Ciao
     Christian
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