Re: On Policy Compliance (was Re: static user IDs)
On Sep 23, Joey Hess wrote:
> Chris Lawrence wrote:
> > All packages are compliant with policy if they meet
> > the requirements in the version of policy their Standards-Version
> > indicates.
>
> Since when? According to the policy manual:
>
> You should specify the most recent version of the packaging standards
> with which your package complies in the source package's
> `Standards-Version' field.
>
> This value will be used to file bug reports automatically if your
> package becomes too much out of date.
>
> Nowhere there or in the rest of that section does it say what you claim. And
> never before the past month or so have people even held this opinion, nor
> does lintian test against anything but the current policy, nor have we ever
> talked about minimum acceptable policy versions before a few weeks ago.
"Compliant with policy" may have been a bit strong; how about
"acceptable for release." Anyway, the point is: change policy, but
have reasonable transitions in policy changes that break things, and
accept the reality that packages will not be updated to new versions
of policy quickly.
Chris
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