Re: Bug#447231: debian-policy: New Python policy missing
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:46:53 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> said:
> the new Python policy is in use since several months now and should be
> integrated.
Are these the policies that are currently in use?
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython/NewPolicy
This seems more like a HOWTO document, and relies heavily on
using debhelper. The language is not what I would expect of a normative
document; it is fine for what it appears to be, a user guide.
In general, the policy should define interfaces and
requirements, and leave implementation details to the user; which is
not the case here.
> http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/manoj-policy/
This document is slightly better, but there is no indication
that this has been accepted by the Debian Python crowd. Has there been
a ratification of this document by folks who use python?
> are both much more uptodate than
> http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/
Umm, I am not sure where that document comes from, but it
certainly does not seem to be part of the Debian technical policy, so I
am not sure what the relevance is here.
Perhaps the Python Debian community should come to a consensus,
update the page on http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/, and
then move to have whatever the result is be added to the
technical policy?
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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