Bug#39398: marked as done ([OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement on dependancies and priorities)
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From: Chris Fearnley <Chris@CJFearnley.com>
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Subject: debian-policy has an unclear statement on dependancies and priorities
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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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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
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Subject: Closed in debian-policy 3.2.0.0
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These bugs have been closed in policy version 3.2.0.0.
Thanks Manoj!
Julian
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