On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:25:06AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > The DFSG are hereby amended to add the following additional guideline: > > 10. No Required Contribution of Changes [...] > > 11. No Required Identity Disclosure [...] > > I think this is a bad idea because: > - it is introducing redundancy into the guidelines - these are already > covered by DFSGs 1 and 5;
Which is a problem, why? Clarity never hurt anyone. > - it makes the guidelines longer, so will make checking packages > against the guidelines more tedious; I don't think so; on the contrary, actually. These tests are used now already anyway; formalizing them will just make things much clearer. > - it seems to be pandering to literalists in a similar way to the > Editorial Changes GR and that hasn't really ended those arguments; Sorry, but that's not true. The EC GR did indeed not end those arguments _immediately_, but they haven't been brought up anywhere I can see in a while. > - I think that the second addition disallows things like pseudonyms, > which I think we have accepted in the past. That could probably be fixed by some wording changes, I suppose. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
