[Fedora-packaging] removal of pre-built files

[Tom Lane]

Braden McDaniel <braden at endoframe.com> writes:
> On 6/18/09 5:42 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I don't think the guidelines should tell people what to do one way or
>> the other.

> My impression is that the term "guideline" indicates that maintainers 
> should use their discretion.  A guideline indicates the default position 
> to take in the absence of information that would lead to a different 
> conclusion.

When the proposed additions involve the use of the word MUST in capital
letters, one is left with the inescapable impression that the intention
is to remove one's discretion.

I wouldn't have any problem with an addition that listed reasons why one
might or might not want to rebuild derived files (including all the
points touched on in this discussion), and then said "use your own
judgment about this".  That is not what the proposal reads like, though.

			regards, tom lane