Re: Syntax issues in Policy Manual
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 05:09:00PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> >I am also cautious about wiki'ising this manual. I'd rather we go
> >through a more cautious process of agreeing the wording and ensuring
> >the detail is clear to all readers globally.
> Well you could have a wikified version and a non-wikified as you
> like, but surely a wiki would be more open and reflect debian's
> openness.
No, it would reflect whatever random drive-by edits are inflicted on it. It
is *central* to the purpose of Debian policy that all changes to it be
subject to a rigorous public review process. Wiki-based editing of Debian
policy would be actively harmful.
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