Bug#905453: debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files
Hi Elana,
Elana Hashman wrote:
> NEWS.Debian files are listed in the "unofficial policy"[1] but not in
> the official policy.
>
> It seems this was proposed in 2002[2], but in 2003, folks were
> hesitant to "[get] this into policy until enough stuff uses it that we
> can tell it works well".
>
> Is 15 years long enough? Can we make this official?
It would be a welcome addition! Do you have ideas for wording?
Thanks,
Jonathan
> [1]: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.en.html#bpp-news-debian
> [2]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/07/msg00267.html
> [3]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/07/msg00286.html
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