All packages that currently are of priority "extra" shall be changed to priority "optional" for the reasons outlined in message #35 to this report
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758234#35 If technically feasible, and I think so, the transition shall be done through ftpmaster's override file, which will cause lintian warnings for affected packages so that the maintainers can adapt the packages' control files gradually. --- On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 09:59:09PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 23/08/14 17:54, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -855,15 +855,6 @@ zope. > > distribution, and many applications. Note that > > optional packages should not conflict with each other. > That last sentence is not feasible if the 'extra' priority is > abolished, and should also be deleted by the patch. Yes, obviously, thanks for spotting this. Here's v2 of the patch with this sentence removed too. > There might also be other mentions of 'extra' vs. the other priorities > (packages in extra may conflict with other packages in the same suite, > but higher priorities are expected to be fully installable) elsewhere > in Policy, which should also be amended. I thoroughly searched policy.sgml for "extra", "optional", "priorities", "priority" (ignore-case), and only found the example included in the patch. If further discussion doesn't happen or doesn't suggest otherwise, I still plan to call for seconds in about a week. Regards, Gerrit. policy.sgml | 20 +++++--------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 6eac491..628a5c9 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -852,17 +852,7 @@ zope. install if you didn't know what it was and don't have specialized requirements. This is a much larger system and includes the X Window System, a full TeX - distribution, and many applications. Note that - optional packages should not conflict with each other. - </item> - <tag><tt>extra</tt></tag> - <item> - This contains all packages that conflict with others - with required, important, standard or optional - priorities, or are only likely to be useful if you - already know what they are or have specialized - requirements (such as packages containing only detached - debugging symbols). + distribution, and many applications. </item> </taglist> </p> @@ -3660,10 +3650,10 @@ Files: size, section and priority and the filename. For example: <example> Files: - 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text extra example_1.2-1.dsc - c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text extra example_1.2.orig.tar.gz - 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text extra example_1.2-1.diff.gz - 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text extra example_1.2-1_i386.deb + 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text optional example_1.2-1.dsc + c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text optional example_1.2.orig.tar.gz + 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text optional example_1.2-1.diff.gz + 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text optional example_1.2-1_i386.deb </example> The <qref id="f-Section">section</qref> and <qref id="f-Priority">priority</qref> are the values of -- 2.1.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
