Re: Bug#282688: RFP: autoconf-doc -- Documentation for autoconf, automatic configure script builder
Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> schrieb:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Frank Küster wrote:
>> Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> schrieb:
>> > The GR we approved in June stated that the SC changes would be automatically
>> > reinstated after Sarge's release.
>>
>> But the wording of the SC was not changed, and will not change.
>
> Changing the wording of the SC is what GR 2004-003 *does*. GR 2004-004
> recinds those changes until sarge releases, at which time they will be
> reinstated.
I know.
> This is all relatively clear, so perhaps I'm not understanding what
> you're trying to get at.
I answered to the following statement:
,----
| FWIW, I think it's also hypocritical to change the SC immediately after
| sarge's release, but not hold sarge
`----
And I said that the SC is not going to be changed after sarge's release.
The wording of the SC has been changed with GR 2004-003; whether its
meaning has changed is under debate. For the ones that think that the
meaning has not changed (substantially), there is no hypocrisy. It's
just that we hadn't been able to follow the DFSG completely before
GR-2004-003, and we still weren't able after it. In this view, the sense
of GR-2004-003 could be to urge, motivate, force developers to put more
effort in making their packages DFSG compliant, and GR-2004-004 has
decided not to impose this pressure until sarge is released.
Summary: The reproach of hypocrisy is not valid for people sharing this
view (and there might be other non-hypocritical views on this issue as
well).
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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