Re: #Bug21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Version
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On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Even if the intention was what you say (and I think it was not
> -- I think the intention was what was actually written), it would be
> wrong, since every single package in the distribution would have
> to be changed, for no benefit whatsoever.
The Standards-Version field of each newly uploaded package should always
be changed, in theory, to match the current debian-policy package
(assuming the maintainer have actually read it, of course).
The intention of Christian, I think, was precisely not to have to change
the Standards-Version field so often, by specifying only the first three
digits of it.
I think this makes sense, since there would not be so many different
Standards-Version fields around for each new debian-policy minor release.
Also, automatic building packages like debmake or debhelper would not
have to be updated so often to match current policy.
> look at the hello package, and see how many letters the standards
> version specifies.
The hello package has not been updated for ages, and therefore it is a bad
example to know how this policy should be applied, IMO.
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