On Wednesday 16 July 2008 11:14, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Would it make sense to change that to "must be compressed"? I know it > makes all packages instantly buggy, but since that's a _really_ easy > thing to change, and almost all packages can be fixed via a debhelper > change plus a rebuild, it's should be trivial to get things fixed for > lenny+1. Sure, I can see the benefit of both ways and would support both. I referred to this line of the PolicyChangesProcess in the wiki: "The change should not be too disruptive; if very many packages become instantly buggy, then instead there should be a transition plan. Exceptions should be rare (only if the current state is really untenable), and probably blessed by the TC.". If we want to change this, making it mandatory is over time the best deal. I'm not very opinionated on whether to change it instantly or with some 'grace period'. Thijs
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