Bug#39398: debian-policy has an unclear statement on dependancies and priorities
Package: debian-policy
Version: 2.5.0.0
In /usr/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ch2.html it says:
Packages may not depend on packages with lower priority values. If this
should happen, one of the priority values will have to be adapted.
I think this is unclear. Especially the second sentence. Perhaps this
phraseology would be clearer:
All dependencies in a package MUST have equal or higher priority than
the package itself. In order to achieve this the priorities of one
or more packages may have to be adjusted.
Lintian Maintainer:
BTW, do we have software that checks the archive for compliance with this
part of policy? Does lintian do it? A brief scan at that package suggests
that this should be added to lintian's wish list.
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