On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 14:39 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Michael Weyershäuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.07.1431 +0200]: > > I guess you were refering to chapter 6 of the Developers Reference, > > No, I was refering to the policy. > > > "Best packaging practices", or something like that. However, the > > Debian Policy doesn't state what is supposed to be a good practice > > but definitely lays out the borders within which every maintainer > > has to stay... > > Sure. But I am talking about changes. Those are not made and then > everyone is expected to abide by them. Instead, they are catalysed > from common and proven strategies.
I don't think that having policy be determined by existing practises and forcing maintainers to follow it are mutually exclusive. Once a strategy is common and proven it enters policy, at which point it becomes compulsory even for those who don't yet abide by it. Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Rush - 2112
