[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bug#758234: debian-policy: allow packages to depend on packages of lower priority



On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 01:39:13PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>       <varlistentry>
>         <term>2.5</term>
>         <listitem>
>           <para>
>             Priorities are now used only for controlling which packages
>             are part of a minimal or standard Debian installation and
>             should be selected based on functionality provided directly to
>             users (so nearly all shared libraries should have a priority
>             of <literal>optional</literal>).  Packages may now depend on
>             packages with a lower priority.
>           </para>
>           <para>
>             The <literal>extra</literal> priority has been deprecated and
>             should be treated as equivalent to
>             <literal>optional</literal>.  All <literal>extra</literal>
>             priorities should be changed to <literal>optional</literal>.
>             Packages with a priority of <literal>optional</literal> may
>             conflict with each other (but packages that both have a
>             priority of <literal>standard</literal> or higher still may
>             not conflict).
>           </para>
>         </listitem>
>       </varlistentry>
Thank you everyone involved!

-- 
WBR, wRAR

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: