Re: Package Maintainers Flags policy

[Kevin Kofler <kevin kofler chello at>]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> (really, this will affect only a small number of packagers, anyway.)

I think you (and others) are significantly underestimating the number of
affected packages. The previous unwritten policy (from RHL times) not to
ship any flags wasn't enforced for community-maintained packages, several
packages include flags and some (e.g. freeciv) need them for proper
operation.

        Kevin Kofler