Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:11:09AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Anthony Towns wrote: > > > + The guidelines in this manual are expected to be interpreted > > > + intelligently, with a view to improving the technical quality > > > + of the Debian distribution. Where a guideline in this manual > > > + does not make sense for a particular package, or describes > > > + an inadequate solution, the maintainer should discuss the > > > + issue with other developers via the <tt>debian-devel</tt> > > > + or <tt>debian-policy</tt> mailing lists, with a view to > > > + finding a better solution, or correcting a flaw in policy. > > > + In rare cases a package may be enough of a special case that > > > + it should not follow a guideline and the exception would just > > > + be confusing if listed in this manual itself. In those cases, > > > + a comment to this effect should generally be included in the > > > + package's <tt>README.Debian</tt> file. > > My only gripe with this is that the "In rare cases" bit doesn't ask the > > maintainer to ask on -policy first. > > That's what the -devel and -policy sentence was meant to be about. Got a > better way of putting it?
Maybe something like "[...] mailing lists, with a view to finding a better solution, or correcting a flaw in policy -- in rare cases a package may be enough of a special case [...]" -- see shy jo
