Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how sub-policies should be managed
On Monday 26 June 2006 19:10, Ian Jackson wrote:
> George Danchev writes ("Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how
sub-policies should be managed"):
> > The current paragraphs of #1.4, #11.9, #11.9 show perl-policy as
> > a part debian-policy package and emacs-policy as a separate package.
> > I think that all sub-policies should obey same rules, e.g. each of them
> > to be managed in a separate package or within the debian-policy package.
>
> I disagree. The purpose of having the files in one package or another
> is to make the maintenance as easy as possible. If it's maintained by
> Manoj it's probably easiest to put it in debian-policy. If it's
> maintained by (say) the Emacs maintainers then putting it in an Emacs
> policy is fine.
It is a little bit of mess to have debian-policy containing one or several
sub-policies and more sub-policies in separate packages. But if that is the
price to have easier maintenance, it is fine with me.
> Of course it is be helpful for the manual in the debian-policy package
> to have appropriate cross-references to the other policy documents.
>
> Frank Küster writes ("Re: Bug#375502: debian-policy must clarify how
sub-policies should be managed"):
> > I tend to disagree. A sub-policy should only be part of the
> > debian-policy package, and installed in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy, if
> > it is accepted and has been established through the official policy
> > process.
>
> There is no `official policy process'. Manoj has (very wisely IMO)
> abolished the previous bureaucracy and returned to editing the manual
> according to his own judgement - taking into account of course the
> advice and information of others including probably the rough
> consensus of this mailing list.
If there is no `official policy process' then what justifies the presence of
policy-process.sgml and /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy-process.*
respectively ?
> So there is no difference in the authoritativeness of the policy in
> debian-policy versus that in any other package. These policies are
> all authoritative (and are all subject to the TC's power to overrule
> the maintainer without a supermajority).
Good. explanation. Any changes to hit the officail debian-policy since
obviously I'm not the only one being in doubt if these sub-policies are
autoritative.
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