Re: Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy
Hi,
>>"Joey" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
Joey> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> I disagree. If a document is indeed carrying the weight of
>> policy, I would like to see it in one place, rather than having to
>> install a gazillion packages and hunting for the document in
>> question.
>>
>> b) The sub policy documents should not be at the whim of any one
>> person for an indefinite interval. After they stabilize, and hence
>> do not need immediate and continuous rewrites from the author(s),
>> the sub documents should be brought under the democratic control
>> as exercised by this mailing list.
>> c) Putting the document under this mailing list shall ensure that no
>> part of Debian policy is again subject to the whims of any
>> individual (no matter how exemplary that person may be).
Joey> I just thought I should mention the menu package and the menu
Joey> subpolicy, which is currently not in the policy manual, just
Joey> referred to by section 3.6. It's stable, and it has been for
Joey> about a year now. According to what you're saying,
Joey> /usr/doc/menu/menu.sgml should be subsumed into policy.
You misunderstand me. I never intended to subsume menu.sgml
into policy.sgml, you have correctly come up with some reasons why
that would be silly.
I shall, however, move for moving menu.sgml into
debian-policy*.deb. I want the menu sub policy in the policy package
for the reasons I have given elsewhere.
Joey> I happen to disagree, in the specific case of the menu package,
Joey> just because the level of detail that menu.sgml goes into is
Joey> not necessary for the policy manual. Maybe we could pull some
Joey> parts of it out, like the menu hierarchy and icon requirements
Joey> and put them in the po0licy manual proper.
All your arguments are predicated on that misunderstanding, so
I shall not quote and refute them here.
For example, you example of the FSSTND was very germane to the
issue, and proves my point. The policy package does indeed have a
copy of the FSSTND. We should also gather all the other documents
that have the weight of policy and are scattered to the four winds.
Have I satisfied your objections?
manoj
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