Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.2.1.4
The discussion in #913572 is just another instance of the following
antipattern:
Submitter: program X does strange thing Y which is undesirable
Maintainer: Y is not against policy
I suggest adding something like this to s1.1, "Scope", as a new 3rd
paragraph:
This manual cannot and does not prohibit every possible bug or
undesirable behaviour. The fact that something is not forbidden by
Debian policy does not mean that it is not a bug, let alone that it
is desirable. Questions not covered by policy should be evaluated
on their merits.
Ian.
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