Bug#88249: [PROPOSAL] policy process must explicitly include relevant package maintainers
Package: debian-policy
Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> See bug#72335 (accepted). It'll fall over badly if this behaviour is
> not honoured (which it is by make).
I think we found a flaw in the policy process here: policy changes should be
cc'ed to the relevant package maintainer both on the initial proposal other
state changes (like becoming an ammendment and being accepted). I'll file
this as a bugreport to change this in the policy process.
I completely missed this proposal somehow, so I never even thought about
implementing this in dpkg-buildpackage.
We actually should consider another change: something can not become policy
until there is an existing implementaiton. This rule is also used in the RFC
process, and works great there.
Wichert.
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