On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 11:10:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does adhering to a policy diminish the usefulness of the system? This > > should always be seriously considered. > > Not when policy is aiding in stability.
I basically agree. What we should seriously consider in such a case is the impact on usefulness and stability. It might be acceptable for users like ourselves to deviate from policy in order to accomplish our goals and those of our customers. We might even have to do that in order to build a packages that benefits many debian users. I just think that the actual role of policy needs to be clear. Maybe the role of policy is primarily oriented towards delivering a stable base system and maybe that doesn't apply any more when you start modifying things and building things on your own. PW
