On 08/26/2014 12:10 PM, Daniel Lintott wrote: > On 26/08/14 11:03, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not DD, I cannot sponsor you package but have a question, >>>> why is priority for psensor extra ? Should it not be optional ? >>>> >>>> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html >>> >>> According to the definition of 'optional': >>> "This is all the software that you might reasonably want to install if >>> you didn't know what it was" >> >> On the other hand the definition for extra is: >> >> The extra priority will usually work for new packages that conflict >> with others with non-extra priorities. My confusion was due to the following part of the sentence: " or are only likely to be useful if you already know what they are" which sounds good to me for psensor. >> >> Since your package is normal package and does not conflict with >> anything else, IMHO it should be optional. >> >> extra is fine for debugging symbols, maybe big manuals and so on. Your >> package is a GUI that can be optional. >> >> Policy also points to TeX as an example. You do not need it, it is >> optional, you can install it and it will not conflict with anything >> else. >> >>> >>> psensor is a GUI for monitoring hardware sensor, it displays graphs and >>> raise alerts to users (AppIndicator, notify bubbles, tray icon). AFAIK, >>> it is not required by any other packages. >>> >>> I don't see any reason why it should be installed if the user does not >>> want to access himself information about fan speeds, CPU temperatures, >>> etc. I don't believe that most users take care of this kind of information. >> >> Optional does not mean this. It just means "hey you can install it if >> you want or need this package". It does not imply that you must >> install it or it is pulled by something. >> >> >> That is just my opinion, it would be the best that some DD would >> clarify this, thus I cc eriberto on this. >> > > I'm not a DD myself, but I was recently looking at this myself in > relation to xdotool (which is extra). > > From my searching I came across a couple of postings that maybe shed > some light on "right way" [1][2] > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg00126.html > [2] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2013-December/035607.html These references appear to confirm the opinion of Dariusz, ie priority should be 'optional' for psensor. I am going to wait a couple of days in case a DD reply with another conclusion otherwise I will re-upload the package to mentors with 'optional' priority. Thanks, JeanFI.
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