Re: Debian Weekly News - August 10th, 1999

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On 13 Aug 1999, Ruud de Rooij wrote:

> I find it a sign of disrespect to simply ignore the Project Leader's
> request and use /usr/share/doc anyway, and, moreover, to encourage
> others to use /usr/share/doc as well by uploading a version of debmake 
> that uses /usr/share/doc.

If I'm not mistaken, debmake 3.6 was uploaded to follow current policy,
before the Project Leader's request.

Even after the request, I don't think it is a good idea to change debmake
again without a corresponding change in policy. There may be people who
feel uncomfortable by breaking policy and there may also be people who
feel uncomfortable by not following the Project Leader's request. For this
reason, I consider a good thing that debmake users, not debmake
maintainer, have the choice about this, by using either debmake
from slink, or debmake from potato.

In summary: Regardless of the Project Leader's request, I would not
like to *force* people to *violate* current policy.

I think policy deserves a great degree of respect also, so please don't
talk about disrespect.

Thanks.

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