Re: The case for rewriting the Policy document (Debconf7 proposal)
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 09:38:53AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> This proposal is based on part of a talk I gave at debconf7, and
> is about reorganizing the policy document(s). The current policy
> document grew organically from the dpkg documentation, and the
> packaging manual, and has grown bloated, and contains material that
> does not sanely belong in policy. Policy needs to come closer to
> release goals. We really should not need a release team RC criteria
> list.
Yes, yes, yes!!! This is a great idea! And let's have a consistent
meaning for MUST/SHOULD/MAY (ideally, one which parallels the RFC
usage for simplicity): MUST is RC if it's not done, SHOULD - hmm, is
this RC or not? Could have two meanings: "RC if not done, unless
there's an exceptional reason not to conform", or "Will be RC in the
future, so get ready!" Perhaps we could disambiguate these two
possibilities?
Julian
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