Re: Policy about policy
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:
Raul> If it's been accepted as debian policy (not technical policy, obviously)
Raul> then I think this document should be updated to reflect this status.
The proposal is not Debian policy. It is merely informal
guidelines that this group of developers has adopted as a way of
facilitating updates to the policy document.
The emphasis is firstly on the informal, and we do want it
that way: this gives us some leeway in how we do things.
This is all predicated on the fact that we are all here to
cooperatively amend policy, we try to work together, and we are
trying to avoid red tape.
Secondly, the current incarnation of the proposal needs
further work (we my need to clarify and expand on the formal
objection motif, for one, and we may need to incorporate some ideas
about how to go about ptoposaing major shifts in policy [which should
be infrequent, but we should not lose all that we have learned in the
recent fiasco]).
Raul> Also, I think the debian constitution should be included in
Raul> /usr/doc/debian-policy/. As near as I can tell, it's not
Raul> included in any other package -- and it's at least as important
Raul> as the proposal document.
The proposal document has a place -- it relates to the
informal guidelines about changing policy, after all. The developers
reference already contains the constituion. I see no reason to change
the location; and I would rahter not further bloat the policy
packages without futher reason than this.
I'll reply to the other points in a later message.
manoj
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