Re: changes and standards documents
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
Raul> It's also important to recognize that the DFSG does not even
Raul> address the problem of preventing buggy software. I feel that
Raul> stupid modifications of standards documents are in some way
Raul> analogous to this.
Buggy software, when fixed, affects only Debian systems. But
that's OK, we only distribute stuff for Debian systems.Even in that
case, we are bound to feedback our changes upstream.
Standards are meant to be a a common ground that everyone,
(not just Debian) recognizes, and tries to follow. When we make
changes to the standard, the others do not follow; essentially we
have become non-conformant, and have injecxted a rogue document intot
the universe.
A standard that no one follws is not a standard.
I think the best way to proceed is become non-standard, and
give the reasons for doing so and attempt to get the standard
modified. Of find some other standard to adopt.
Standards don't eveolve via unofficial modifications (at
least, I am not aware of a single instance of that happening). I have
seen standards bodies looking at unconforming applications, and
updating the standard.
manoj
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