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Re: Bug#758231: rsyslog: is priority important, depends on packages with priority extra



Am 15.08.2014 17:47, schrieb Gerrit Pape:
> Package: rsyslog
> Version: 8.2.2-3
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.5
> 
> Hi, the current rsyslog package version in testing is priority important
> and depends on packages with priority extra.  Policy 2.5 states:
> 
> "Packages must not depend on packages with lower priority values
> (excluding build-time dependencies)."
> 
> $ apt-cache show rsyslog |grep -E '^Version:|^Priority|^Depends'
> Version: 8.2.2-3
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libjson-c2 (>= 0.10), liblogging-stdlog0 (>= 1.0.2), liblognorm1 (>= 0.3.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)
> Priority: important
> $ apt-cache show libestr0 libjson-c2 liblognorm1 init-system-helpers |grep ^Priority
> Priority: extra
> Priority: extra
> Priority: extra
> Priority: extra
> $ 
> 
> Regards, Gerrit.
> 


I'm going to re-assign this bug to debian-policy as I want clarification
why debian-policy demands this.
So far, nobody was able to explain that requirement to me and the policy
text doesn't either.

That this rule is violated in hundreds of cases [1] clearly shows that
there is something wrong which needs to be addressed in a more idiomatic
way.

Michael


[1] https://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=sid&list=priority&arch=ANY
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