Re: Bug#21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Version
On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 07:11:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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> > Santiago> The intention of Christian, I think, was precisely not to
> > Santiago> have to change the Standards-Version field so often, by
> > Santiago> specifying only the first three digits of it.
> >
> > What are you basing this assertion on? He did not write this,
> > he wrote something else, which makes sense when you consider the
> > packages that exist today.
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> It was just an opinion (that's why I said "I think"). Bear in mind that
> english is probably not Christian's mother tongue, so it is possible
> (as well as it is possible that not) that he could have not expressed
> in english *exactly* what he meant.
Yes. I *am* native german speaker, and the way Christian worded it would
mean in german that you have to specify at least three numbers, but may also
specify the fourth.
I can't understand the fuzz about it.
Read it in english or in word-by-word-translated german, it still means the
same.
(Not directly to Santiago) Are you all gone mad on this list, or what?
Marcus
> > Secondly, even the darned changelog
> > does not say what you want it to say. Making statements like "I know
> > what is says, but I know better, the author *must* have meant it to
> > say what I want it to say" is ridiculous.
>
> Please, I didn't say that. I just said what I think Christian meant (you
> may think the contrary, of course), and also why I think it would be a
> good idea (you may think it is not a good idea, of course), but I have
> obviously no way to know what Christian *really* meant, since he left us.
>
> That's exactly why I submitted this bug.
>
> I think there is a difference between "I know" and "I think".
I don't think the wording does leave room for any interpretation. You are
free to read it in native english or in english written by a german guy,
you still get the same meaning: Out of w.x.y.z, the first three have to be
coorect (w.x.y) while the fourth can be ignored.
Marcus
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