On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 03:04:03PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that we should fail to fix bugs just > > because "it's too much effort". Nor am I saying that the effort expended > > so far on moving files to /usr/share is wasted; hierarchies such as > > /usr/share/doc, /usr/share/fonts, and /usr/share/man are a very > > substantial win on heterogeneous shared systems. However, I do think > > that we're rapidly approaching diminishing returns on this. When the > > lintian warning is for a single image file in /usr/lib that requires > > fiddly build system changes to move (or fragile hacks in debian/ that > > would be liable to break on each new upstream version), I question > > whether this is a sensible use of developer time, and I question whether > > it really buys anything for administrators of heterogeneous systems. > > I think that Debian's commitment to policies, even if it is hard work to > adhere to them, is one of the few things that Debian still has as > an advantage over other distributions. I don't see why we should stop to > nag maintainers to work on these issues.
I'm not opposed to this, but frankly I think that this is a stupid policy, at least when taken to this extent. Adherence to stupid policies isn't an advantage. (I do not think this about most of Debian's policies; this is an exception.) > Anyway, as Russ said, this is not an issue that should be decided > without having a discussion somewhere else, but I have to admit that I'm > against such a change. Fair enough. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
