Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.1 Severity: normal I was recently trying to learn how to select correct values for the "urgency" field in debian/control for a package. I found that Debian Policy describes legal values for this field, (low, medium, high, emergency, or critical), but no real guidance on how to choose one of the fields. And perhaps that's correct since the usage isn't a matter of policy.
So I looked to the Developer's Reference for documentation on how to set this field, and failed to find it, (later Enrico Zini pointed out that I missed section "5.8.5.4. Preparing packages to address security issues" which does mention "* The upload should have urgency=high."). But for other than security issues, no guidance is provided. Finally, I found a mailing list post that does provide some guidance: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.mentors/29417 This recommends using low for normal stuff (with a 10-day transition to testing), medium for release-critical issues (with a 5-day transition), and high for security fixes (a 2-day transition). Would it make sense to add a section to Developer's Reference with these details? Perhaps a new subsection under "6.2. Best practices for debian/control"? If so, let me know and perhaps I can prepare a patch for this. Thanks, -Carl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
