Re: dropping Priority field from binary packages for most packages

2023-05-14 Thread Josh Triplett
Ansgar wrote: > 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. This seems like a great idea. People regularly note the overhead o

Re: dropping Priority field from binary packages for most packages

2023-05-14 Thread Niels Thykier
Ansgar: 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. [...] I would like to drop it pretty much everywhere, most importantly d

Re: dropping Priority field from binary packages for most packages

2023-05-13 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sat, 13 May 2023 at 16:13, Ansgar 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 docum

dropping Priority field from binary packages for most packages

2023-05-13 Thread Ansgar
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 mu