Bug#294351: Please extend 9.4's ellipsis style requirement tocover maintainer scripts and dpkg
> Having looked into this a little more, I now think that simple
> misunderstanding may be why this turned into a major debate. The
> original wishlist said something like, "please have dpkg follow
> policy." Of course, what Thomas meant was, "please copy the style
> mentioned in policy for something unrelated," not "please stop
> violating policy." And, while hes tried to clarify this distinction
> later, it's possible that an overworked dpkg maintainer simply didn't
> take the time to read Thomas' followups with the care that they
> perhaps deserved.
That's highly possible. I collaborate with him for l10n issues on dpkg
and he may have looked quite quickly on Thomas report, putting it in
the "we'll look at this later" category of bugs. He's making his best
for triagin dpkg bugs ATM and this is a quite tedious task...
But, even if I can't speak for him, I know that Scott will consider
thomas suggestion when the time will come. He may even just tell me
"go and handle this" as this involves dealing with the program
translations also.
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