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Bug#235525: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Relax priority relations between packages (Policy 2.5)



On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM +0100, Jakob Bohm wrote:
> However, I still see no in band mechanism in the packaging system
> whereby aptitude or any other tool can determine if a package
> priority is assigned to satisfy assertion [1] or because the
> package in and of itself is considered a necessary part of the
> functionality promised by that priority level.  That should
> affect the quality of any aptitude default settings of the M
> flag.

I do agree that this information should be encoded someplace.

Anyone got any proposals?

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Debian GNU/Linux                   |    things which the average man thinks
branden@debian.org                 |    he believes and wishes he was
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