On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 09:27:59PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Policy says:
> In the source package's `Standards-Version' control field, you must
> specify the most recent version number of this policy document with
> which your package complies. The current version number is 3.5.4.0.
>
> This information may be used to file bug reports automatically if your
> package becomes too much out of date.
I'm curious to know why it says this. The Must/Should/May proposal
certainly listed it as a "should", not a "must", and I don't recall going
ballistic about this on the lists previously and there's isn't an entry
in the changelog that I can see, so I can't imagine there having been
an accepted proposal about it.
So, quite frankly, policy is completely in the wrong here. Do not file RC
bugs about standards-versions, nor rely on them for accurate information.
They are indicative *only*.
Cheers,
aj
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