Re: Debian doesn't have to be slower than time.
>>"Will" == Will Lowe <harpo@thebackrow.net> writes:
>> If emacs policy, say, were to be significatly changed in some ways, a
>> lot of packages would be implicated. You seem to be saying we should
>> just never make those changes.
Will> Certainly those changes need to be made, sometimes. But it seems like
Will> as a Project we could do a better job of not making major changes in
Will> Emacs policy, Perl policy, Debian policy, Menu policy, and every other
Will> policy all at the same time during the same release.
Will> Maybe for 3.1 if we discover we need a major Emacs Policy change that
Will> means we *shouldn't* have a major Perl policy change until 3.2
Will> ... that way we keep the number of broken-by-policy packages down to a
Will> reasonable number PER RELEASE.
Policy is not allowed to change such that there are a
significant number of broken packages, so this is a unnecessary
restriction.
manoj
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