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Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations



On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:11:02 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:

> On Tue 13 Nov 2018 at 05:51PM GMT, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> This seems strictly informative rather than normative, but I'd like to
> see some reviews/seconds so that we can confirm that this is how the
> wider project understands the role of the Policy Manual.
> 
> (If no seconds but also no objections are forthcoming, I'll just apply
> it as an informative change.)

This sounds good to me.
I concur that this is probably just informative but in case it's
considered normative: 'seconded'. 


Cheers,
gregor

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