Tim Wootton writes:
> My understanding was this is the correct approach unless doing so
> breaches policy, which this (and apparently many others ) does.
No, priorities for library packages are basically ignored. They've
essentially never changed how we choose compilation options in the past.
On 13/11/14 03:29, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Tim Wootton writes:
>
>> or just build without the dependency in the 1st place like it used to
>> be. After all it's not like it adds anything that's essential.
> No, including the dependency is the right approach and is consistent with
> how Debian has alw
Hi,
Tim Wootton:
> or just build without the dependency in the 1st place like it used to be.
> After all it's not like it adds anything that's essential.
>
Most dependencies don't add anything that's "essential" in the strict
sense. The vast majority of uses of computers aren't essential either,
Tim Wootton writes:
> or just build without the dependency in the 1st place like it used to
> be. After all it's not like it adds anything that's essential.
No, including the dependency is the right approach and is consistent with
how Debian has always handled issues like this. We always enable
On 12/11/14 14:29, Michael Biebl wrote:
Am 12.11.2014 um 15:04 schrieb Andreas Henriksson:
Hello Tim Wootton, release-team, et.al.!
Thanks for your bug report.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:00:16AM +, Tim Wootton wrote:
Package: bsdutils
Version: 1:2.25.2-2
Severity: serious
Justification: P
Am 12.11.2014 um 15:35 schrieb Bill Allombert:
> It is well settled that priority changes are done throught the distribution
> override file and not in the package control file and thus, an error of
> priority is not a RC bug in the package.
And that. Adjusting library package priorities is useles
Hi,
1752 packages are listed to violate this same policy:
https://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=sid&list=main-only-priority&arch=ANY
policy discussion about this is happening at #758234
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 03:04:56PM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> Hello Tim Wootton, release-team, et.al.!
>
> Thanks for your bug report.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:00:16AM +, Tim Wootton wrote:
> > Package: bsdutils
> > Version: 1:2.25.2-2
> > Severity: serious
> > Justification: Po
Am 12.11.2014 um 15:04 schrieb Andreas Henriksson:
> Hello Tim Wootton, release-team, et.al.!
>
> Thanks for your bug report.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:00:16AM +, Tim Wootton wrote:
>> Package: bsdutils
>> Version: 1:2.25.2-2
>> Severity: serious
>> Justification: Policy 2.5
>>
>> Dear M
Hello Tim Wootton, release-team, et.al.!
Thanks for your bug report.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:00:16AM +, Tim Wootton wrote:
> Package: bsdutils
> Version: 1:2.25.2-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.5
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> libsystemd0 dependancy violates constraint at the
Package: bsdutils
Version: 1:2.25.2-2
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.5
Dear Maintainer,
libsystemd0 dependancy violates constraint at the end of section 2.5
of the policy manual that requires packages not depend on packages
with lower priority..
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