Bug#1111513: lintian should not warn about missing recommended-field Priority
Control: tags -1 patch
On 11/09/25 10:36 pm, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> 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>.
I have raised a Draft MR: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/612
I request you to please nudge me once the bug is settled and a new release of debian-policy is made.
Or you could as well tag me on the MR.
Thank you
Nilesh
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