Re: Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy
[Manoj, why do you never CC the bug report? Annoying.]
In article <[🔎] 87n25dlshb.fsf@tiamat.datasync.com>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
> Hi
>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
Santiago> Would there be any objection to including the content of
Santiago> debian-emacs-policy.gz into the policy itself, instead of
Santiago> this reference?
> The idea is that while sub policy documents are being hammered
> out, they remain in an xternal document under control of the authors
> of the sub policy (genrally, these consist of the developers of the
> packages affected). This allows for faster turnover, while still
> giving the document the weight of policy.
> Once the documents have stabilized, they are meant to be
> brought under the aegis of the policy group.
I object. The policy document should not have the specific technical
information contained in a sub-policy, generally. However, it would
be nice to have "officially blessed sub policies" which are mentioned
at least in Policy.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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