Bug#698030: debian-policy: document micro binary packages (udebs).

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:13:04AM -0800, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :
> 
> I don't think policy should define how udebs work.  The entire
> installer is maintained by the d-i team, and it seems best if they
> have freedom to change how it works without changing any documentation
> maintained by other bodies.
> 
> Policy section 8.6.4.2 does not say anything that could be interpreted
> as meaning udebs are a subset of the packages the policy manual
> defines.  The proposed text in 697433 does.  I think a single sentence
> along the lines that udebs are not defined in this manual and to see
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/ch03.html for their
> definition would be enough to fix that.
> 
> I'm getting the impression I'm the only person that thinks that,
> though. :(

Hi Jonathan,

I hope that people do not see the Policy as an obstacle for change or a tool to
take away freedom from those doing the work.

In my point of view, the Policy participates to Debian's attractiveness by
providing a unified and synthethic reference on how the system is built and
how it functions.

I think that describing the udebs would fit with that goal.  This said, it
can not be done without the active participation of the d-i team, which I
do not want to bother now.

If you think that it is necessary to obtain the agreement of the d-i team to
mention the udebs in #697433, please go ahead, but on my side, I do not think
that there is a problem here.

Cheers,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan