On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:33:08AM +0000, Mathias Gibbens wrote: > iproute2 is Priority: important, which according to Policy ยง2.5 means > that it is generally expected to be present on a Debian system. Do you > have a specific use case where for some reason you don't have iproute2 > installed?
Would you mind reassessing your view in light of Policy 3.5 (https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#dependencies)? I think it's quite straightforward and unambiguous. Section 2.5 has traditionally not been what controls decisions about when dependencies ought to be specified, and this particular case is one that I'm surprised to find being controversial. The fine distinction between "Priority: required" and "Essential: yes" has sometimes confused people in the past and has needed some discussion, but it's always been my experience that if one package needs another "Priority: important" package for proper functioning then it's been quite uncontroversial that the first package must declare a dependency. Thanks, -- Colin Watson (he/him) [cjwat...@debian.org]
