Re: Bug#196367: debian-policy: clarify what to do about priority mismatches
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:10:51 +0200, Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr> said:
> No, I mean that a complete consistency in the set of 10K packages is
> practically impossible to achieve, let alone sustain. And then
> there's always situations where it seems wrong to demote all
> non-default alternatives to extra just because there has to be a
> default.
Are you arguing that we should then give up having policy at
all, since it is all futile?
> We can and should strive towards the goal, but insisting on that
> this must be done is not a particularly productive use of anyone's
> time and makes the Policy Manual more an idealist rather than a
> prudent document, and that is not in its scope.
Ah. But policy never insists on anything. Policy just is. It
defines the rules that allow invariants to be maintained by packages
in Debian that allow for closer integration or improve end user usage
patterns. Policy does not have an enforcement arm.
Now, arguing that policy is toothless, since it does not have
a jack booted enforcement arm, and thus should never contain any must
statements leads, in my opinion, to a degradation of the quality of
distribution.
manoj
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