Re: Debian may lose a user
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:30:29 -0400, Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> said:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 11:12:02PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
>> more likely to give better reports if asked by a nice dd. But since
>> its not 'policy', its not something that is required. There is the
>> obvious situation where DD have real lives and can not respond to
>> every user,
> Apparently policy does not list requirements but best practices. IOW
> policy is not (supposed to be(?)) used to enforce behaviour.
No, Policy must directives are things package must comply
with, or they are thrown out of the release (unless release managers
offer dispensation).
However, policy _changes_ tend to be conservative, and policy is
not where you do design and tinkering. So new stuff needs to be
tested, and deployed, and _then_ policy changes. Policy also does not
tend to change rapidly and make gazillions of packages instantly
buggy.
> Please correct my statement(s) if I am off target.
You are.
manoj
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