[PROPOSED] Merging the packaging manual and policy packages
Hi,
Iff we agree that the packaging manual has the weight of
Policy, I propose, as a purely packaging issue, to pull the two
packages (not the documents -- the policy and the packaging manuals
shall remain distinct documents). The policy manual package already
contains the FSSTND document, so this merger is not without
precedent.
Rationale:
a) There should only be one Standards-Version that Debian packages
use, and lintian checks for. Unless the pacdkaging manual and the
policy manual are merged into one package (note: *not* one
document), version skew is unavoidable.
b) Both these packages are managed by the same group, and if the
pacaging manual is acknowledged to be policy, the contents are
under the control of the similar processes; merging the packages
avoids duplication.
c) It makes it easier to say what package to install to learn about
*all* Debian Policy documents ;-)
If there is a near consensus, I shall go ahead and make the
required changes in the CVS repository; since there are no content
changes in this proposal, I shall not go thrugh with the full process
(this is merely a packaging issue).
manoj
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