Otto Kekäläinen <o...@debian.org> writes: > Your text indicates that you want to continue using source format 1.0 > for some packages, even though Debian deprecated it a long time ago > (https://trends.debian.net/#source-formats). That does not make sense > to me, but it is difficult to provide counter-arguments on what is the > proper way to do something in lack of concrete examples.
This is already discussed at some length in the TC bug cited earlier in this bug (#1007717). > This is also a case where both the suggester and reviewer (Ian and Sean) > are both biased in getting rid of source packages in Debian and you both > have a vested interest in promoting use of the source format version 1.0 > in ways that previously were considered misuse. This change has nothing to do with eliminating source packages. I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about in the second part of your sentence, but if I understand you correctly, your contention is contrary to the relevant TC decision. > By rewriting the policy you can make it suddenly be "correct" to ignore > basic assumptions the entire Debian archive is built upon. This is not correct: the entire Debian archive is not built on this assumption. People have been using native 1.0-format packages this way for as long as I've been involved in Debian. This debate, which has been going on for at least ten years (thus indicating there was no settled project consensus), was always about whether we should eliminate those uses, and while there have been various arguments in favor of doing so, we never decided as a project to do so (and in fact the TC decided the other way). > Thus I am requesting that these changes are properly justified with > supporting examples of packages that really need it. With my Policy Editor hat on, I don't believe anyone needs to produce further justification of that type to evaluate this proposed change. Policy follows TC decisions. We do not have leeway on this; the TC is the constitutional body empowered to make those decisions. If you don't like the TC decision, you need to take that up with the TC, not here. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
