Policy Weekly Issue #4/9: Usage of `must' and `should' in the manual
- To: Debian Policy <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Policy Weekly Issue #4/9: Usage of `must' and `should' in the manual
- From: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 22:58:58 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971023225837.17246Q-100000@monet>
STATE: INPUT
Some people said that we should (or must? :-) change `should' into `must'
in the Policy Manual in most places, even if exceptions are allowed, since
the RFC's use this wording and some people might get confused, otherwise.
Any objections?
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