Bug#758234: [PATCH v2] Remove priority "extra", make all corresponding packages priority "optional"
Hi,
Gerrit Pape wrote:
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -852,17 +852,7 @@ zope.
> install if you didn't know what it was and don't have
> specialized requirements. This is a much larger system
> and includes the X Window System, a full TeX
> - distribution, and many applications. Note that
> - optional packages should not conflict with each other.
> - </item>
> - <tag><tt>extra</tt></tag>
> - <item>
> - This contains all packages that conflict with others
> - with required, important, standard or optional
> - priorities, or are only likely to be useful if you
> - already know what they are or have specialized
> - requirements (such as packages containing only detached
> - debugging symbols).
> + distribution, and many applications.
> </item>
Yes, I think the will in the project to maintain "optional" separate
from "extra" is gone. So when promoting from "optional" to "standard",
people have to look for potential conflicts already. Seconded.
> </taglist>
> </p>
> @@ -3660,10 +3650,10 @@ Files:
> size, section and priority and the filename. For example:
> <example>
> Files:
> - 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text extra example_1.2-1.dsc
> - c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text extra example_1.2.orig.tar.gz
> - 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text extra example_1.2-1.diff.gz
> - 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text extra example_1.2-1_i386.deb
> + 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text optional example_1.2-1.dsc
> + c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text optional example_1.2.orig.tar.gz
> + 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text optional example_1.2-1.diff.gz
> + 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text optional example_1.2-1_i386.deb
> </example>
> The <qref id="f-Section">section</qref>
> and <qref id="f-Priority">priority</qref> are the values of
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