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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Why do we list individual copyright holders?
From:       Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar () debian ! org>
Date:       2018-01-03 5:22:19
Message-ID: 20180103052219.GK1703 () belkar ! wrar ! name
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On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 04:25:07PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > If S-V is declaring that the package conforms to some older version of the
> > policy then all the tools should check that package against that policy
> > and not against the latest one.
> 
> No, they should not.  S-V is a declaration to the packager of what version
> they have done the work to update to, but the policy that the package should
> comply with is still the most current one and the tools should facilitate
> that.
That's not what the Policy thinks though:
"The most recent version of the standards (the policy manual and
associated texts) with which the package complies."

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WBR, wRAR

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