(-policy only)
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:43:37AM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On Oct 20, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > The policy weekly summary includes ``I further propose that the use
> > of bzip2 be mandatory for newly uploaded source files''. This has been
> > both seconded and objected to (its Bug#39299). I wouldn't say any sort
> > of consensus has been reached personally. It needs to be rewritten and
> > put forward again. (The README.Debian proposal (Bug#42554) has similar
> > problems)
> OK, so what needs to be done? Can I (as the proposer) simply amend
> the proposal, or do we need to close the existing proposal and start a
> new one?
I'd just amend the proposal. Is there any text that needs to be changed
or added to any of the policy documents itself, if so you could just
retitle it as `[AMENDMENT <data>]' list your seconds, and add the text.
> (I think we *do* have consensus on the "permit" part... but I could be
> wrong.)
I suspect we do too, but it's not particularly clear that that's so.
Cheers,
aj
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