Re: Bug#549910: debian-policy: Specify requirement in terms of upgradeability, interface stability
On Tue, 06 Oct 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Do we really need to have policy to tell people not to create buggy
> packages?
Well, there are people out there that don't know that doing such things
are bugs. I would like to be able to educate them pointing to our policy,
explaining that it's what makes of us a quality distribution.
> Policy is not, after all, a club to beat people on the head
> with.
It is however a required reading for any new maintainer.
> The size and density of the policy manuals are always an issue,
> and it seems to me that these are obvious bugs that are already covered
> by release manager requirements and bug reporting guidelines; adding
Where ?
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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