Re: Bug#250202: mandate a common name for "patched source" and/or "unpacked source"
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:14:24 +0200, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be> said:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 09:25:42AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 08:57:05AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> > I propose that the following paragraph be added to the current
>> > Debian policy. I'm looking for seconds.
>>
>> I second this proposal, in principle, but do we want to instantly
>> make packages RC-buggy by introducing a must?
> Uh -- right. Especially since I mentioned that point myself, for
> this very proposal :-)
> Let's assume I said "should" instead of "must". We can make it a
> must if "most" packages that would require it, provide README.source
I think the principle is not to suddenly have a bunch of
packages be insta-buggy, not just not insta-rc-buggy. So there should
be a transition, we start by recommending this stuff.
manoj
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