Re: Bug#701081: debian-policy: mandate an encoding for filenames in binary packages

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On 30-03-13 06:11, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 01:32:50PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
>>
>> The fact that we don't have a solution (yet) doesn't mean we don't want
>> a solution, nor does it mean we should give up. "wontfix" is for things
>> that the maintainer disagrees is a problem; surely you don't think that
>> is the right attitude here.
>>
>> While I can understand your desire to limit the number of open requests
>> to the policy group, and even share it to some extent, I don't think you
>> should close bugs just because immediate discussion doesn't find a solution.
> 
> Hi Wouter,
> 
> the problem with this bug (#701081) is that we do not even have an agreement on
> what the problem is.  And without a problem, it is hard to find a solution. 
[...]

Okay, fair enough. I still think it is wrong to close the bug in that
situation, but given this explanation I understand the reasoning; and I
am not a policy editor, you are ;-)

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