Bug#835520: Seconding nine patches & seeking seconds for two more
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 10:55:30AM -0400, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I second all of Andreas' patches except the 5th and 8th. I've attached
> the diff to which my second applies.
>
> The 5th and 8th patches introduce a normative requirement to use
> debhelper. This is a first for policy, which up to now only comments
> that using debhelper is "easiest".
>
> I've spoken to h01ger and gregoa IRL and they say that they missed the
> magic word "should" which is what makes debhelper required by these
> patches. So I'm seeking seconds for the following replacement for
> Andreas' 5th and 8th patches:
In general, policy paragraph mentioning debhelper features are moved to
footnotes.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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