Bug#33076: PROPOSED] Definition of extra priority
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
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> I second this proposal.
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> Santiago Vila wrote:
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> > I propose that we clarify this by saying explicitly which are the
> > priorities higher than extra. The modified wording would be:
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> > "This contains packages that conflict with others with required,
> > important, standard or optional priorities, or are only likely to be
> > useful if you already know what they are or have specialised requirements."
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> > I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.
Whilst I agree with the content of this modification, it's not going to
solve the argument!
The content of the disagreement has not been what the phrase 'priorities
higher than extra' means.
The content of the disagreement has been the implication, which Santiago
and I see, and others don't, that other priorities may not conflict with
each other.
To clarify this, I suggest an extra paragraph along these lines:
"Furthermore, at any particular time, the distribution should be
self-consistent within the higher 4 priorities. These means that *no*
conflicts may exist between packages in these priorities. This does not
mean that a required package may not declare a conflict with another
required package - but such a conflict must necessarily be either with an
earlier version than the current, or with a package which has been
withdrawn."
Jules
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