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| From | Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy |
| Subject | Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` |
| Date | 2025-09-17 19:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Lw4im-g6rl-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <LdvVL-3ovR-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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Control: tags -1 patch > ACK. Patches welcome. The patch is pasted below. 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. + Most Debian packages will have a priority of ``optional``. Priority levels other than ``optional`` are only used for packages that should be included by default in a standard installation of Debian. diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst index 9f06cc9..e4390b4 100644 --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The fields in the source package stanza (the first one) are: - :ref:`Section <s-f-Section>` (recommended) -- :ref:`Priority <s-f-Priority>` (recommended) +- :ref:`Priority <s-f-Priority>` - :ref:`Build-Depends et al <s-sourcebinarydeps>` @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The fields in the binary package stanzas are: - :ref:`Section <s-f-Section>` (recommended) -- :ref:`Priority <s-f-Priority>` (recommended) +- :ref:`Priority <s-f-Priority>` - :ref:`Essential <s-f-Essential>`
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Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2025-09-17 19:40 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-10-02 13:50 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2025-10-02 15:00 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2025-10-02 16:50 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-10-02 20:30 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-10-02 23:10 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2025-10-03 05:20 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-10-03 16:50 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-10-03 16:50 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2025-10-04 15:20 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-10-06 14:50 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-10-02 23:10 +0200
Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra <nilesh@riseup.net> - 2025-10-02 23:20 +0200
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