Bug#587279: debian-policy: section 2.2.1 needs some tweaking
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 06:19:47PM -0400, David Prévot wrote:
> Le 12/03/2012 13:44, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:56:17AM +0100, Carsten Hey wrote:
>
> >> […] how a possible mechanism to let users choose between "always prefer
> >> free packages" and "follow the maintainer's recommendation, even it
> >> a non-free package is preferred" could look like.
> >
> > That's easy:
> >
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release c=non-free
> > Pin-Priority: 1
> >
> > in a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/
>
> Please, don't provide such advice: that won't allow a non-free package
> to be updated automatically during a stable or security update.
No, that's not correct. If a package is already installed but a newever
version is available, then this will be upgraded if the priority is 1.
It just won't be selected for installation automatically.
This is how experimental works: packages in experimental have priority
1, so won't be installed automatically; but the will be upgraded if
needs be.
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