Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:22PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > How about also adding one that makes it clear that in *Debian*, policy > > follows practice, and not the other way around (which should also > > require seconds just to make sure p

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-16 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Fri 16 Nov 2018 at 12:22PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > How about also adding one that makes it clear that in *Debian*, policy > follows practice, and not the other way around (which should also > require seconds just to make sure people agree with this, even if it is > a

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-16 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 12:22:35 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > How about also adding one that makes it clear that in *Debian*, policy > follows practice, and not the other way around (which should also > require seconds just to make sure people agree with this, even if it is > a decades

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.2.1.4 > > The discussion in #913572 is just another instance of the following > antipattern: > >Submitter: program X does strange thing Y which is undesirable >Maintainer: Y is not against policy > > I sugge

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-15 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:11:02 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Tue 13 Nov 2018 at 05:51PM GMT, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I suggest adding something like this to s1.1, "Scope", as a new 3rd > > paragraph: > > > > This manual cannot and does not prohibit every possible bug or > > undesirable behaviou

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-14 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 05:51:15PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > I suggest adding something like this to s1.1, "Scope", as a new 3rd > paragraph: > > This manual cannot and does not prohibit every possible bug or > undesirable behaviour. The fact that something is not forbidden by > Debian po

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-13 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Ian, On Tue 13 Nov 2018 at 05:51PM GMT, Ian Jackson wrote: > The discussion in #913572 is just another instance of the following > antipattern: > >Submitter: program X does strange thing Y which is undesirable >Maintainer: Y is not against policy > > I suggest adding something li

Bug#913659: Document that not all bugs are policy violations

2018-11-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.2.1.4 The discussion in #913572 is just another instance of the following antipattern: Submitter: program X does strange thing Y which is undesirable Maintainer: Y is not against policy I suggest adding something like this to s1.1, "Scope", as a new 3rd