Simon Josefsson [16/Aug  1:51pm +02] wrote:
> Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Simon Josefsson [16/Aug  1:30pm +02] wrote:
>>> Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>>> Well, Policy requirements define what's release critical in general
>>>
>>> Where/How?  Adding the term 'release critical' to where the concept is
>>> defined in Policy is what the bug report is about.
>>
>> You quoted the text where Policy requirements are defined.  Basically,
>> 'must' and 'should'.
>
> The text is:
>
>    The terms must and must not, and the adjectives required and
>    prohibited, denote strong requirements. Packages that do not conform
>    to these requirements will generally not be considered acceptable for
>    the Debian distribution. These statements correspond to the critical,
>    grave, and serious bug severities (normally serious). They are
>    collectively called Policy requirements.
>
> It is the third sentence:
>
>    These statements correspond to the critical, grave, and serious bug
>    severities (normally serious)
>
> that I believe carry a simple definition of 'release critical'.

How about we just append a parenthetical (the release-critical severities)?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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