Re: status of packages shipping sysv-init script without systemd unit
On 2025-05-07 15:03:40 +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 03:28:42PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Yes, but then, shouldn't the severity be raised (as without
> > a fix, they will no longer work in Trixie)?
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=bluca@debian.org;tag=missing-systemd-service
> says they are already at priority important, which doesn't seem obviously
> wrong to me.
>
> important
> a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, without
> rendering it completely unusable to everyone.
> (from https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities )
The purpose of dictd is to run the daemon. If it can no longer be
started, then it is completely unusable to everyone. (Well, I don't
expect the average user would start it manually, so that a higher
severity would be justified, IMHO.)
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