Re: Bug#21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Vers
hamish@debian.org (Hamish Moffatt) wrote on 10.05.98 in <[🔎] 19980510195124.A13218@rising.com.au>:
> On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:00:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> > > On 2 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > > > Packages only have to specify the first three digits of the
> > > > version number in the `Standards-Version' field of their source
> > > > packages.
> >
> > Well, it sure reads to me as if it _does_ specify "at least three".
> >
> > If it meant "exactly three", I'd have expected to see "Packages have to
> > specify only the first three digits of the version number in the
> > `Standards-Version' field of their source packages."
>
> They both say the same thing to me -- >= 3.
> If = 3 was intended, "must" or "should" should be used, as in
What's the difference between "must" and "have to"? I don't see it.
Now, "should" *is* different in that it allows exceptions.
MfG Kai
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