Bug#1111513: lintian should not warn about missing recommended-field Priority
> dpkg 1.22.12/1.22.13 made the Priority: field optional. It default to
> "optional" if missing.
>
> lintian should thus stop raising a `recommended-field` warning when a
> source package does not include a Priority: field.
The Debian policy manual states that this field is mandatory to have
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#priorities
If you change the policy accordingly, I'd be happy to raise a patch
to drop this check.
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