Re: Mirror and Override

["Bernhard R. Link" <brlink@debian.org>]

* Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> [060904 17:33]:
> ----8<--------------------------------------------------------------
> There are disparities between your recently accepted upload and the
> override file for the following file(s):
> 
> gettext-base_0.15-2_powerpc.deb: package says priority is standard, override says important.
> 
> Either the package or the override file is incorrect.  If you think
> the override is correct and the package wrong please fix the package
> so that this disparity is fixed in the next upload.  If you feel the
> override is incorrect then please reply to this mail and explain why.
> ----8<--------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Now my question:  I was thinking, the Override is there to OVERRIDE
> package informations, like Maintainer, Section or Priority.
> 
> The Message is a little bit confusing...
> 
> Can anyone explain this?

Dak's override file lists sections (and I think priorities) for all
packages. This way ftpmasters have to be consulted before anything can
land in a wrong section (like moving from non-free to main) and I think
it also catches new packages (as nothing not in the override file is let in).
(Thus the section and priority within packages are mostly suggestions
(later uploads do not even need them in the .changes file), and this
message tells they differ from the real values in the override file).

Hochachtungsvoll,
  Bernhard R. Link