On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 12:26:08PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > This I agree with. However I believe that there is a perception at > present that if policy does not seem to fit your package, you may simply > ignore it. I do not think that works.
That is, I think that some maintainers have indicated in the past that they have ignored parts of policy, or that they would feel free to if they needed to -- that policy is only a set of recommendations and that they can therefore be discarded if necessary, without either the package or the policy being incorrect. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
