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| From | Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy |
| Subject | Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist |
| Date | 2026-01-01 20:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <M8wQh-7kRH-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <M8qBb-7gOz-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <M8qhQ-7gp2-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <M8s0h-7hDJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <M8qhQ-7gp2-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <M8s0h-7hDJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | The Eyrie |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> writes:
> I don't know what is the maximum allowed length for the upgrading
> checklist. Waht about that:
> It is no longer recommended to specify the Priority field in source
> package control files. If the field is omitted, dpkg defaults to
> "optional" for the source package priority, and binary packages
> inherit the priority from the source package.
How about:
Specifying the ``Priority`` field in source package control fields is
no longer recommended unless the priority needs to be changed from the
default. If the field is omitted, the default source package priority
is ``optional``, and binary packages inherit the priority from the
source package.
It's not really relevant to the user that dpkg is the component that sets
the default, only what the semantics are. I think this wording may also
make it clearer that you do still need to think about whether you should
provide Priority because the default is wrong.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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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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