On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:38:37PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > I think the practice of using static IDs should be deprecated (and > > packages doing it should get lintian warnings..) I disagree with banning > > them outright as it doesn't really give packages a chance to get fixed > > before they have bugs filed against them. > > Is a problem if bugs get filed? It's a problem if there's no transition to speak of. We apparently have decided not to make policy that makes a bunch of packages instantly non- compliant without a reasonable transition. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer GnuPG: 2048g/3F9C2A43 - 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 PGP 2.6: 2048R/50BDA0ED - E8 D6 84 81 E3 A8 BB 77 8E E2 29 96 C9 44 5F BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...It was a lot faster than I thought it was going to be, much faster than NT. If further speed increases are done to the server for the final release, Oracle is going to be able to wipe their ass with SQL SERVER and hand it back to M$ while the Oracle admins ... migrate their databases over to Linux!"
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