Bug#196367: debian-policy: clarify what to do about priority mismatches

[Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr>]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:25:35PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> I second the clarifying paragraph. I object to changing to "should".
> We must fix the wrong priorities once and forever, and keep them sane
> sane from release to release. If the *current* ftpmasters have not
> achieved this goal yet, I can't imagine how much they will care if we
> downgrade this to a simple "should". That will only ensure that we will
> never have sane priorities.

Um, as opposed to the current situation, which is essentially the same, just
silly too?

That "rule" in the Policy Manual is simply unenforceable, one set of
ftpmasters or another. There's no reason to try to make a point of it.

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