Bug#904302: Whether vendor-specific patch series should be permitted in the archive

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Philip Hands 

> Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> writes:
> 
> >    This should be implemented in Debian Policy by declaring that a a
>                                                                    ^^^
> You've this doubled 'a' on two occasions in this text.

I'll fix that, thanks for spotting it.

> Presumaly we would not want to see new packages adopting the use of
> vendor-specific patch series prior to Buster.
> 
> Do we need to make the "SHOULD NOT" conditional on the package already
> having a vendor-specific patch series at the time of this resolution?

I think that just adds needless complexity and assumes that maintainers
will want to add bugs to their package.  I really hope that's not the
case, so I don't think it's worthwhile to add extra language for it.

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Tollef Fog Heen
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