[Nm-templates-discuss] Re: Differences with Policy

[Martín Ferrari]

Hi all,

I wanted to know if somebody had time to verify this, as I haven't
received any response to my original mail.

Regards, Martín.


El mar, 07-11-2006 a las 19:47 -0300, Martín Ferrari escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> As part of my NM process, I found a discrepancy between the P&P1
> template and the Debian Policy. In the second and fourth questions of
> the template I found:
> 
>  2. Donald Knuth, author of TeX, insists that no-one has the right to
>     modify the source code of TeX, and that any changes must be made using
>     "change files" (a sort of patch file). Is this allowed for a program
>     for the main section of Debian?
> 
>  4. What are the sections of Debian software and the differences between
>     them? How would you decide where to put a new package? Which requirements
>     do the packages in the sections have to meet?
> 
> But the Debian Policy talks about "distribution area" or "category", and
> refers to "section" as the subgroups of those categories (Policy 2.2 and
> 2.4). So I think this is a bug in the templates.
> 
> Regards, Martín.
> 
> PD: Please CC me, I'm not subscribed
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