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Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended`



Hello,

On Thu 02 Oct 2025 at 04:38pm +02, Guillem Jover wrote:

> Hi!
>
> On Wed, 2025-09-17 at 23:06:29 +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
>> diff --git a/policy/ch-archive.rst b/policy/ch-archive.rst
>> index 302dc8d..3bf5abf 100644
>> --- a/policy/ch-archive.rst
>> +++ b/policy/ch-archive.rst
>> @@ -376,11 +376,14 @@ Priorities
>>  ----------
>>
>>  Each package must have a *priority* value, which is set in the metadata
>> -for the Debian archive and is also included in the package's control
>> -files (see :ref:`s-f-Priority`). This information is used
>> +for the Debian archive and is also included in the package's binary
>> +control files (see :ref:`s-f-Priority`). This information is used
>>  to control which packages are included in standard or minimal Debian
>>  installations.
>>
>> +If the *Priority* field is not specified in the source control file, dpkg
>> +sets it to ``optional`` by default starting version 1.22.13.
>
> After the control file nomenclature unification, "source control file"
> should always refer to a «.dsc», in this case I think you mean
> "source package template control file".
>
> Also, not sure whether to make it explicit as in "not specified in any
> of the stanzas" but perhaps that's unnecessary.

Thank you for these comments, Guillem.

Nilesh, would you be able to revise your patch?

Thanks.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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