Re: RFC: some new deb package flag: "upgrade-conflicts"

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:06:43 -0500
Graham Wilson <bob@decoy.wox.org> wrote:

> > [...]  If you need to modify the upstream sources in order to build a
> > policy compliant package, then you should propose a nice fix to the
> > upstream developers which can be included there, so that you won't
> > have to modify the sources of the next upstream version.''
> 
> but policy doesnt mandate the support of updating user configuration,
> does it?

policy is just a text that if a package is not compliant the package 
gets removed.

Policy is not everything, and we would not not do something just 
because it is not written in policy.


regards,
	junichi


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