Re: /usr/share/doc (was Re: weekly policy summary)
Hi,
>>"Chris" == Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:
Chris> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
>> Please hold off that for a week or so. There are
>> constitutional methods for getting contentious stuff into the plicy
>> document, and this seems like an ideal scenario for one of them.
Chris> It may be too late. We *NEED* consensus on this sort of thing:
No, we do not need a consensus. The DPL can still mandate a
solution by fiat, thank god.
Chris> Wonko is compliant with policy version 3.0.0.0; the
Chris> requirement for a symlink did not appear until 3.0.0.1.
Chris> This is not a bug. The requirement for a symlink is
Chris> guaranteed (by policy) to be revoked in a future version of
Chris> policy, and Wonko will stick with 3.0.0.0 until then.
Until the policy document come out (and it may be years before
that happens, the package is indeed in violation of policy.
Chris> I see no reason to waste my time creating this symlink only
Chris> to remove it again later. When policy 4.x comes out, I may
Chris> be able to change the standards version without changing
Chris> anything else.
This would not be ruled acceptable.
Chris> Now that the cat's out of the bag, the *only* sane approach is
This was never meant to be a deep dartk secret.
Chris> to find a compromise that people are *willing* to accept.
Rubbish. Techical solutions are not a matter of voting. Two
legislations in the US states almost decided that the value of Pi be
3.14, exactly. Popular vote does not make for a correct solution.
manoj
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