Bug#620109: Policy §3.5 (on Pre-Depends) does not reflect actual practice

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Raphael Hertzog wrote:

> The reason
> we request peer review of Pre-Depends is that they have a cost and should
> not be abused.

Okay.  That's not what policy §3.5 says; it does not say Pre-Depends should
or must be peer-reviewed or that one should examine all aspects when adding
them but simply that there should be

 (1) a discussion on debian-devel, and
 (2) a consensus that adding this particular Pre-Depends is a good idea.

I like your proposed alternative.  Maybe the policy could say that you
"should" (in the policy sense) thoroughly analyze the consequences and
alternatives before adding pre-depends, and that one way to do so (in
a friendly advice sense) is to ask on debian-devel?