Hi Russ, On 2026-01-01 11:41, Russ Allbery wrote: > Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]> writes: > > > I don't know what is the maximum allowed length for the upgrading > > checklist. Waht about that: > > > It is no longer recommended to specify the Priority field in source > > package control files. If the field is omitted, dpkg defaults to > > "optional" for the source package priority, and binary packages > > inherit the priority from the source package. > > How about: > > Specifying the ``Priority`` field in source package control fields is > no longer recommended unless the priority needs to be changed from the > default. If the field is omitted, the default source package priority > is ``optional``, and binary packages inherit the priority from the > source package. > > It's not really relevant to the user that dpkg is the component that sets > the default, only what the semantics are. I think this wording may also > make it clearer that you do still need to think about whether you should > provide Priority because the default is wrong.
Thanks for proposing this, I find it quite good. Regards, Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://aurel32.net
