Bug#172436: Is it OK for the new policy wording to be a SHOULD?

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:07:19PM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> It's acceptable IMO that strange things happen when the user uses both
> systems and sets them to different values.  But using only one should
> have a system-wide effect IMO.

There might be a system default, but a user should be able to change
that.

> > Not if it includes packages which do not respect BROWSER but that do
> > respect something similar in spirit coming from the graphical desktops.
> 
> "Standards are wonderful!  Everybody should have their own!"
> 
> No, thanks.  Let's please not allow programs to say "I'll ignore your
> system-wide setting because I use some other system-wide setting
> instead".  There should be only one default browser on a system.

I agree to that.  And I think this is a reason why we have a policy in
the first place.

If all graphical desktops can agree on how to specify the default
browser, we could make sensible-browser use that setting.  But I don't
think they do.


Kurt