block 1111513 by 1110017 thanks On 11/09/25 16:44, Nilesh Patra wrote:
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.
Sure. The request to update Policy is tracked at <https://bugs.debian.org/1110017>.
Regards, -- Gioele Barabucci