Matthias Urlichs <matth...@urlichs.de> writes: > Russ Allbery: >> Could you say more about why you think conflicting packages having a >> separate priority from optional is useful? When would people use that >> priority information, and how?
> Let's assume that I have a large multiuser Debian system. I don't want > to be bothered by people requesting this or that package all the time, > so I simply install everything that's of priority <extra. Has anyone actually done this in the last five years? I'm extremely dubious this is a useful thing to do. > Or, alternately, I allow "apt-get install --assume-yes" of these > packages by $COMMON_USER, as Policy states that there shall be no > conflicts. Do you actually do this? Is optional actually conflict-free? I'm pretty sure it isn't. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
