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Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist

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Hello,

Aurelien Jarno [01/Jan  1:47pm +01] wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 4.7.3.0
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> Debian policy 4.7.3.0 stopped recommending the "Priority" field in
> debian/control file. The upgrading check list contains the corresponding
> entry:
>
> | 5.6.6
> |    It is no longer recommended to specify the Priority field in source
> |    package control files.  dpkg now defaults it to "optional".
>
> This is misleading information. dpkg indeeds defaults to "optional" if
> absolutely no priority field is present in the debian/control file. This
> is also correct for the source package stanza. However for the binary
> package stanza, it defaults to the value of the source stanza.
>
> This misleading information leaded to a wrong check in lintian (see
> #1124442).

I see what you mean but am not sure how to reword it.  Do you have a
suggestion?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> - 2026-01-01 13:50 +0100
  Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-01-01 14:10 +0100
    Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> - 2026-01-01 15:40 +0100
      Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-01-01 20:50 +0100
        Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> - 2026-01-02 13:20 +0100
  Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-01-03 12:20 +0100

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