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Bug#193103: debian-policy: maybe say that programs that output HTML etc. should output valid HTML etc.



On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 03:25:00AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 09:13:05PM -0500, Graham Wilson wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:25:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:20:03AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > > If there is a checklist for quality, then maybe say that programs that
> > > > output HTML etc. should output valid HTML etc.
> > > > 
> > > > E.g. one installs a program that makes a photo gallery of images, into
> > > > a web page. But this page doesn't pass the HTML validator.
> > > 
> > > Surely we don't need policy to say that a bug is a bug. It's quite clear
> > > that invalid HTML is a bug (maintainers may not think it's a
> > > particularly urgent bug, but it's a bug nevertheless). No need for
> > > policy to state the obvious.
> > 
> > i think the author means _valid_ html, not just invalid html.
> 
> I think you've read somebody's statements backwards, or something ... at
> any rate I'm confused now.

oops. i probably should have read what i typed. i think the original
poster of this bug means that it would be a bug for a program to produce
html that doesnt validate according to the html dtd's.

-- 
gram

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