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Re: Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy



On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 12:29:29AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 
> 	If no one participates, then surely Debian shall fall by the
>  roadside. 

    It's two weeks before finals.  Give us a break.  I recall a nice
mess of proposals a couple of months ago (heck, I think I was one of
the ones that started them off).  A quiet spot is not something to
panic over.


>  bigus. Shall we ask Ian to appoint a policy czar, who shall go off
>  and issue dictums from the high, now that we know the policy mailing
>  list has failed?

    I hope that question was rhetorical.  As you well know, putting
together a policy proposal takes time, and as you *should* very well
know by now, the criticisms of a few reflect neither the will nor the
failure of the project.  
    As for the people criticising, go back and read the original
dialogue on the new policy procedures; the maintainers are
deliberately not responsible for forcing all policy issues, they are
grouped to make sure that things decided here actually make it into
the document.  So let me back Manoj here in saying that if you think
policy changes are happening too slowly, pitch in and help.
    

    ObPolicy:

    Manoj, could you put up on the web somewhere a quick tutorial on
how to make those nice, formatted proposal documents you do (or at
least source, so the inexperienced can clone and attempt to learn by
example)?  Looks like some kind of sgml formatting, but since I'm not
remotely fluent, it's only a haphazard guess.

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