Comment 98 for bug 13795

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:11:18PM +1100, <email address hidden> wrote:
> Dear Debian BTS gurus,
>
> A day or so ago, in connection with another bug (#295435), I discovered
> the existence and use of <email address hidden>. Out of curiosity, I
> tried to set the severity of this bug to critical; to my amazement, this
> worked; but then Manoj Srivastava set the severity back to wishlist.
>
> My question: are the public in general and bug submitters in particular,
> expected or permitted to use <email address hidden>?

Yes, they are. However we expect them to follow the rules.

This bug is now assigned to the debian-policy package.

One of the rules is that policy proposal are wishlist by definition.
See the policy-process document:
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy-process.txt.gz

3.1. Initiating discussions
     ...
     Once the proposer is satisfied that the proposal has merit (with or
     without trying the waters on the list), the proposer should file a
     _wishlist_ bug against the debian-policy package. This stage can be
     initiated by any member of the list.

Definition of severity can be found here:
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-maint-info.txt

   critical
          makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole system)
          break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security
          hole on systems where you install the package.

In no way installing the debian-policy package introduce a security
hole, causes serious data loss or makes unrelated software on the system
break.

Cheers,
--
Bill. <email address hidden>

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