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Re: Who declares optional packages extra?



Richard B Kreckel <kreckel@ginac.de> writes:

> Last time I uploaded that package (then
> libginac1.3c2a-dbg_1.3.4-1_i386.deb) it was optional. (I've just checked
> the old upload file.) Did it really spontaneously become extra? If so,
> why?

ftp-master sets the priorities in the overrides file.  Debugging packages
should generally be extra; most users will not want them installed.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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