Bug#872587: debian-policy: please document "Important: yes"
Control: block 872587 by 872589
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 02:28:22PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18 2017, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > Thus, some Policy guidance would be nice. Is it legal to use "Important:
> > yes" at this moment?
>
> It wouldn't be up to policy whether it's legal. We document fields in
> policy once they are already in use in the archive.
src:util-linux just added it on two of its binaries (mount and fdisk), thus
the field can be said to be in use.
> Do you have any idea how long we can expect to wait until dpkg supports
> the field? I would suggest that we wait until dpkg has defined
> behaviour for the field, as it will make documenting it much easier. It
> will also allow us to be more confident that there is no serious
> disagreement about the purpose of the field.
Right, let's have dpkg maintainers tell us what they think.
> I couldn't find a bug against dpkg, but if there is one, it should
> probably be set to block this bug.
872587 < 872589, I filed the Policy one first. Block added.
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