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Bug#40766: Rewrite of "configuration files" section



Hi,
>>"Kai" == Kai Henningsen <kaih@khms.westfalen.de> writes:

 >> They're now in the debian-policy package, as
 >> /usr/doc/debian-policy/proposal.*
 >> 
 >> The wording is weird, because it is written as a proposal.

 Kai> Aah. It should maybe be copied to doc/package-developer
 Kai> (ftp.debian.org).  Given that that has the newest version of the
 Kai> policy, one doesn't expect the policy package to hold extra
 Kai> important stuff.

        Except that the proposal does not carry the weight of policy,
 and is merely the convention (or set of guidelines) that the -policy
 list uses while amending policy. These guidelines are still in a
 state of flux.

        manoj
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