On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Policy can make it so that packages are not accepted into > Debian unless you hop through certain hoops. Like making sure the > upload has a signature. Or that it has an entry in the override > file. I can easily code an entry for katie and friends that takes a > new package, and marks up the ones with setgid bits set -- and the > ftp maintainers do not create override entries until they see a > consensus develop, or the security team says ok.
No, this is not debian-policy. Having such a signature, or an override file entry, has nothing to do with package's interaction with the rest of the system. These items are only for accepting a package upload into the debian archive. You have said in various avenues that policy is only to be used for documenting interactions between packages; yet, you then bring up this point, and say it's a policy issue. > For gods sake, come up with some more intelligent arguments > for your point of view. Don't change the facts to fit your personal view of the debian universe.
