Josip Rodin wrote: > The Policy says: > > This manual does _not_ describe the technical mechanisms involved in > package creation, installation, and removal. This information can be > found in the _Debian Packaging Manual_ and the _Debian System > Administrators' Manual_. > > I read that as "Packaging Manual describes technical mechanisms". Having > those mechanisms described in a document which the Policy points to, without > an alternative document about the same thing, kind-of implies that those > mechanisms are policy.
Well that wording has been there forever, so this cannot be a recent change in policy, though it could be a change in the way some people interpret policy. Of course, it also means that the nonexistent sysadmin manual has the force of policy. Cool! :-P -- see shy jo
