On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:59:31PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > > Since the DFSG defines which packages can go into 'main' and which > > can't, > > No it does not. Please read the DFSG. Policy defines what can and > can't go in main. This isn't a simple matter of modifying the policy document! For what you want to be able to happen, it's not going to get resolved here. It's going to have to go to a general vote. You're proposing something that changes the social contract as it has been thus far interpretted. Nobody on this list has the right to change the social contract arbitrarily. Not you, not me, not Manoj, not Wichert. If I have seemed highly critical of you for trying to propose this (I am highly critical of the proposal, but I do admit I have been critical of you as well) it's because what I am seeing here I feel is an attempt to modify the policy document without going through the process required to actually fix the problem you have with the current interpretation of the social contract. I would be extremely critical of any attempt to make an end-run around that process which I admit is a PITA anyway---but is so for a reason. And I would hope someone would be equally critical of me if I tried to redefine things in the social contract and DFSG by going through the policy list. If your intention is to bring this up at some point for general resolution, then I apologize for all of the impolite things I have said (though I don't apologize for arguing against the changes you propose themselves---my opinion on them remains unchanged...) -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <dark> Knghtbrd: We have lots of whatevers. <Knghtbrd> dark - In Debian? Hell yeah we do!
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