Bug#533287: debian-policy: please clarify 10.7.4

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> so it seems that the "alternative" interpretation, is that "if there
> is a interface, then it must be used", but all that is wrapped in a
> "should", which is not as binding as a "must".

While this section of policy could probably be clarified, violating a
should directive of policy is almost always a bug. It may be a bug in
the package, another package, or in policy itself. Still, somewhere in
the train, something is suboptimal and should be fixed.


Don Armstrong

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