On Sat, 13 May 2023 at 16:13, Ansgar <ans...@43-1.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > could we drop the Priority field from most packages? Most packages use > "Priority: optional" and this is just noise in d/control (source > package). Tools should just assume "optional" when no other value is > set. > > Currently Policy documents Priority to be mandatory in 2.5: > > +--- > | Each package must have a priority value, which is set in the > | metadata for the Debian archive and is also included in the > | package’s control files (see Priority). > +---[ https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#priorities ] > > As well as only recommended: > > +--- > | The fields in this file are: > | [...] > | - Priority (recommended) > +---[ > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#binary-package-control-files-debian-control > ] > > I would like to drop it pretty much everywhere, most importantly > debian/control in source packages (as often humans edit these). But it > could be dropped in other places (CONTROL in .deb and Packages indices) > as well.
+1 for decluttering, especially human-maintained metadata files. Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
