Re: Is the dependency rule distribution-wise?
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Jules Bean wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Santiago Vila wrote:
> >
> > > Please note that policy 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.
> > >
> > > It does not say "... or alternatively the package should be recompiled".
> > >
> > > If we are going to allow ncurses3.4 to be optional in slink, we
> > > should amend policy first.
> >
> > However, clearly a new upload would solve the problem, no? [...]
>
> It would, yes, (if we recompile also the other three standard packages
> which depend on ncurses3.4), but the fact that a new upload to slink would
> solve the problem does not mean this is not *currently* a problem in the
> override file for slink that we should fix in either case.
>
> The dependency rule speaks about how dependencies and priorities are
> related. If we change the dependencies, we will have to examine the
> priorities again, of course.
>
> What I'm saying is that there is nothing in the policy that allows us to
> downgrade the priority of ncurses3.4 *before* we recompile and reupload
> the affected packages, i.e. if priorities are to be applied
> distribution-wise, then it should be in potato when we demote ncurses3.4
> priority.
Good. We agree, then.
IMO, it is Brian who should decide between the three courses for slink:
a) Ship with broken priorities
b) Reupload packages which depend on ncurses
c) Fix priorities
To that extent, then, it seems reasonable that the bug be 'important',
since Brian can then look at it and decide which course to take.
Jules
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