Re: Bug#758234: Bug#759260: [PATCH] Remove priority "extra", make all corresponding packages priority "optional"
Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de> writes:
> 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.
Has anyone actually done this in the last five years? I'm extremely
dubious this is a useful thing to do.
> Or, alternately, I allow "apt-get install --assume-yes" of these
> packages by $COMMON_USER, as Policy states that there shall be no
> conflicts.
Do you actually do this? Is optional actually conflict-free? I'm pretty
sure it isn't.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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