Re: Bug#176506: Make debconf mandatory for prompting the user

[Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>]

Adrian Bunk writes ("Bug#176506: Make debconf mandatory for prompting the user"):
...
> The problem is that within the rules of your policy every single of your 
> over thousand maintainers can decide how he wants to maintain his 
> packages. Currently a maintainer can simply refuse to use debconf and 
> _noone_ can force him to use debconf. There are bugs with patches like 
> e.g. #127961 that are already ignored for a year or longer.

This is, of course, not true.  The Technical Committee can overrule a
maintainer.  Although, I think in this case it would be better to make
a general rule in policy than to individually refer zillions of bug
reports to the TC.

Ian.