Bug#196367: debian-policy: clarify what to do about priority mismatches
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Josip Rodin wrote:
> 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.
By "unenforceable" you mean that ftp.debian.org do not allow NMUs?
> There's no reason to try to make a point of it.
My point is that if we can't achieve this "must" being a must, then there
is something fundamentally wrong in the way we maintain the override file
and we should fix it, instead of giving up.
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