Policy proposal for compatibility packages

[Denis Leroy]

Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:03:53PM +0100, Denis Leroy wrote:
>> useful compat-gcc-34-c++). This is an example of a compat development 
>> package that would be really useful. Now can I package it and submit it for 
>> review ?
> 
> Yes, you can. Why not? 

Well Jakub isn't thrilled about the idea (he maintains 
compat-libstdc++-33, built from the same gcc 3.2 tarball), and his 
package obsoletes compat-gcc-32-c++. I guess I need to try harder to 
sway his opinion. Sorry this is getting off-topic.

-denis