On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:03:05 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> * Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050823 22:58]: >> Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > It is out of date since it does not explain ~ yet. Maybe, if you >> > have the time and since you just looked at the matter closely >> > anyway, you could draw up a few lines and send a patch? >> I'm certainly willing to do so, but I thought that policy wasn't >> ready to change yet. Wasn't it waiting on implementation of that >> feature in dak, which is currently using ~ internally for something >> else? > There is no reason to not update policy right now, as long as we add > a footnote that ~ cannot be used in uploads until dak is fixed. There is no tearing hurry to modify policy either. I would rather not add provisions into policy that are not yet useable, and add a temporal footnote preventing that use.This is just another case of innovations getting ahead of policy, and then policy changes to reflect reality. manoj -- UNIX is hot. It's more than hot. It's steaming. It's quicksilver lightning with a laserbeam kicker. -- Michael Jay Tucker Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]