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Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:33:08AM +0000, Mathias Gibbens wrote:
>   iproute2 is Priority: important, which according to Policy §2.5 means
> that it is generally expected to be present on a Debian system. Do you
> have a specific use case where for some reason you don't have iproute2
> installed?

Would you mind reassessing your view in light of Policy 3.5
(https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#dependencies)?
I think it's quite straightforward and unambiguous.

Section 2.5 has traditionally not been what controls decisions about
when dependencies ought to be specified, and this particular case is one
that I'm surprised to find being controversial.  The fine distinction
between "Priority: required" and "Essential: yes" has sometimes confused
people in the past and has needed some discussion, but it's always been
my experience that if one package needs another "Priority: important"
package for proper functioning then it's been quite uncontroversial that
the first package must declare a dependency.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org]

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Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2 Mathias Gibbens <gibmat@debian.org> - 2024-02-27 02:40 +0100
  Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2 Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> - 2024-03-03 20:20 +0100
    Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2 Mathias Gibbens <gibmat@debian.org> - 2024-03-05 13:10 +0100
      Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2024-03-05 21:20 +0100
        Bug#1064852: incus: missing depends on iproute2 Mathias Gibbens <gibmat@debian.org> - 2024-03-06 04:10 +0100

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