Re: Bug#129848: www.debian.org: "more info" URL in package descriptions
reassign 129848 www.debian.org
thanks
> This is a volunteer organization. If someone wants something badly
> enough, they will implement it.
>
> The problem in this case is not writing code (that's easy), but
> changing policy so that packages provide the needed information in a
> standard way. Once packages start providing this information, we will
> put it on the web pages.
>
> What we need is someone willing to jump through all the hoops to get
> something appropriate into policy.
No, this is backwards. Policy can't dictate/document something that doesn't
yet exist. Write the code, make a sample implementation, get packages to
implement/use it, and when the major of them do, then policy can force it upon
us.
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