On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:56:02AM +0100, Michael Lamertz wrote:
> I'm not questioning that the package breaks Debian policy. What I *AM*
> questioning is Debian's decision to define such a rule in the first
> place. That policy has been made in ignorance of - or without knowing -
> why the .packlist file is there. That decision is IMO wrong. So I'm
> asking if the policy can be fixed.
No, you don't know that it has been made in ignorance of or without knowing
why the .packlist files are there -- there's no rationale, but that doesn't
have to mean that there isn't one.
AFAICT, the Perl Policy document has Rapha�l Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and Brendan O'Dea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> listed as contact addresses, so why not
ask them?
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