control: reopen -1 control: reassign -1 debian-policy control: retitle -1 please stop mentioning urgency=critical thanks
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:27:20PM +0100, Daniel Gröber wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 07:24:49PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > I believe Debian policy should be changed then and not mention a severity
> > which is not used in practice.
> Easier said than done. I see debian-policy@d.o is already CCed on this bug
> so, opinions?
debian-policy@ has been cc: on this bug because developers-reference and
debian-policy share the same mailinglist.
> Doesn't policy document the reality that these urgency values are in fact
> usable? Do you not agree that britney does in fact support these? If I go
> ahead and upload a package with urgency=critical will this be REJECTed by
> ftp-master?
It will not be rejected but setting the urgency has little practical
relevance these days. You could also upload with urgency=low or urgency=high
and that would be the same in practice.
> If not they exist so why shouldn't they be documented in devref?
- because it will make people use them
- because people always think their issues are critical
- because using them will not have an effect
- because people will then complain that they have no effect
- because all of this is a waste of someones time.
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cheers,
Holger
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