On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 10:25:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:30:29 -0400, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Apparently policy does not list requirements but best practices. IOW > > policy is not (supposed to be(?)) used to enforce behaviour. > > No, Policy must directives are things package must comply > with, or they are thrown out of the release (unless release managers > offer dispensation). > > However, policy _changes_ tend to be conservative, and policy is > not where you do design and tinkering. So new stuff needs to be > tested, and deployed, and _then_ policy changes. Policy also does not > tend to change rapidly and make gazillions of packages instantly > buggy. > > > Please correct my statement(s) if I am off target. > > You are.
Thanks for clarifying matters. -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
