reassign 308195 ftp.debian.org retitle 308195 please set priority of libcgi-fast-perl to optional thanks
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 11:11:25AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >Since this package is optional and libcgi-fast-perl is extra, debcheck >rightly reports a policy violation on the depends. > >While this particular package may not be the most persuasive argument, >it seems likely to me that this same situation will come up in other >places (and indeed it looks like sympa and request-tracker* have similar >problems). While it makes sense to have libcgi-fast-perl be extra on its >own merits due to the licensing issues around the FastCGI Apache modules, >it would help with Policy compliance for web applications if it could be >made optional. I've no problem making the package optional. The priority was set to extra when libcgi-fast-perl had a conflict with the optional package libcgi-pm-perl . This is no longer the case. >I'm a bit new to this, so it's possible that the solution to this bug is >to improve my understanding of priorities; if so, please don't hesitate >to explain where I got this wrong. Thanks! I believe that your analysis is correct and the priority should be changed. Note that while I can change the control file in the next upload, to actually change the package priority requires editing the overrides file. http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-override-file Re-assigning to ftp.debian.org. --bod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
