Re: why the package description bugs should have been "serious" (surprised?)
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:37:39PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Other replies to my message indicate that I am not along in interpreting
> the Policy Manual as I have. Not everyone has as strong a background in
> reading RFCs as you have.
Actually, a strong background in reading RFCs is a hindrance, not a
help, because our policy document uses "must" and "should" in a
different way. In the RFCs, "SHOULD" is a strong recommendation
and "MUST" is a requirement, while in Debian Policy both of them
are requirements, with the difference being that "should" is not
release-critical.
I don't expect I'm telling Branden anything new here, but it's
worth reminding the audience because this difference sometimes
causes confusion on debian-policy.
Richard Braakman
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