[Pkg-fonts-devel] override: fontforge-dbg:debug/extra [was: Re: fontforge override disparity]

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

On 03/14/2012 01:43 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Debian FTP Masters (ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org):
> > There are disparities between your recently accepted upload and the
> > override file for the following file(s):
> >
> > fontforge-dbg_0.0.20120101+git-1_i386.deb: package says priority is extra, override says optional.
>
> For samba, we use "extra" for the -dbg package and there's no
> override, so my first guess is that the override should be changed and
> we should report that (I try to keep up with these override
> disparities when I see some).

I agree, the override should change -- debug material is lower priority 
than directly-functional code, and should be "extra"

If you'd like an Argument-by-Authority:

 http://lintian.debian.org/tags/debug-package-should-be-priority-extra.html

This e-mail should create the appropriate bug report to get the override 
fixed.

	--dkg