Greg Stark writes: > > Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > You have a cost in being non-standard, and I don't think it is worth it > > this time. What benefits would give us what you propose? > > The cost is greater than /etc/mailname or /etc/papersize ? > > Debian long ago decided not to worry about the issue of being different and > just build the best distribution it can be. Of course being compatible is > important, but if we just want to do everything the same as Red Hat then why > bother?
On a slightly different tack, I'm not sure we want to dictate in policy default behaviour for every single package - that is clearly absurd; so in many cases we have to allow package maintainers to do their job (make the package work optimally on Debian systems), without hand-holding from policy. In this case, submitting bugs against any web-using packages that ignore http_proxy should provide a solution. Matthew -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." http://www.debian.org
