Re: what needs to be policy?

[Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>]

Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com> writes:

> 	You can innovate all you want -- as long as the old method in
>  policy is supported (which you say you support). But you can't report
>  bugs against packages for using the old method -- until you pass the
>  new method (after it stabilizes) through policy.
> 
> 	And that is a good thing.
> 
> 	Now that I have taken care of the innovation objection, do you
>  agree? 
> 	
> 	Interfaces, after they stabilize, and if they are supposed to
>  be mandatory, or affect a large number of packages, should still be
>  made a standard, and modification of standards should not be under
>  control of any one person.

I support this, it makes good sense to keep the policy method, for backward
compatibility, while innovating.

	Martin.