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



On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:28:43AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Branden Robinson (branden@debian.org) [040316 10:55]:
> > 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?
> 
> Adjust the priorities as it was proposed?

I mean apart from that.  :)

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