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Bug#758234: Bug#759260: [PATCH] Remove priority "extra", make all corresponding packages priority "optional"



Hi,

Russ Allbery:
> Could you say more about why you think conflicting packages having a
> separate priority from optional is useful?  When would people use that
> priority information, and how?
> 
Let's assume that I have a large multiuser Debian system. I don't want to
be bothered by people requesting this or that package all the time, so
I simply install everything that's of priority <extra.

Or, alternately, I allow "apt-get install --assume-yes" of these packages
by $COMMON_USER, as Policy states that there shall be no conflicts.

That breaks when non-extra packages can conflict with each other.

-- 
-- Matthias Urlichs


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