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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla usage by gentoo-java's doing migration
From:       Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2 () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2006-06-26 19:23:24
Message-ID: 1151349805.11622.69.camel () cgianelloni ! nuvox ! net
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On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 09:41 +0200, Simon Stelling wrote:
> Right. So you agree with the intention, but not with the wording. This 
> is exactly what I'm after. At least here in Europe, judges have to 
> 'interprete' the law. They judge whether somebody is guilty or not based 
> on the _intentions_ that are behind the law. If the law has flaws in its 
> wording, nobody cares about it, because the _intentions_ are important, 
> not the wording.
> 
> This wording vs. intentions makes this whole thing really ridiculous. It 
> makes you look like being nitpicking, even if you aren't.

This is pretty much my feelings exactly on many of our policies.  We
shouldn't *have* to document every single thing that someone can
possibly do wrong.  We should be able to have a group that can make
decisions based on the intent of the original policy.  It would also
make it quite a bit easier to keep up with the policies if we aren't
having to constantly go back and re-read them for all of the changes.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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