Bug#728200: debian-policy: force build tools to ensure source trees are build-ready
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Such policy change should have been proposed before --commit was implemented.
> dpkg is supposed to follow policy not the other way round.
No, the policy doesn't dictate everything top-down. Large part of it are
built on top of existing practices that it merely formalizes.
This change was discussed on -devel. Please stop looking for problems
where there are none.
http://lists.debian.org/20110529085303.GA17707@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
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