Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: >> In some cases, it can change maintenance decisions. > > Does this differ much from packages being picked up by other commonly > installed software? Say GNOME starting to depend on my small library > which suddenly raises from ~100 to 50000+ reported installations?
In the case of "Priority: required", yes. The pseudo-essential part has to continue to function during an upgrade before dependencies are configured and "postinst upgrade" runs. In the case of "Priority: important" and "standard", the main changes are (1) having to worry more about the package's installed size and (2) splitting the package into more pieces or variants when parts depend on packages some users don't want (e.g. X). Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
