Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: ftp.debian....@packages.debian.org
Usertags: override
X-Debbugs-Cc: mime-supp...@packages.debian.org
FTP Team,
Please change mime-support from:
net/standard
to:
oldlibs/optional
Reasons:
1) mime-support debian/control has:
* Section: oldlibs
* Priority: optional
2) This is a transitional package
Also, discussed here:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/07/msg00046.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/07/msg00048.html
In the second message, smcv pointed out:
mime-support depends on mailcap (Priority: optional) and media-types
(Priority: standard), so downgrading mime-support to optional would mean
that mailcap (compose(1), edit(1), see(1), print(1)) would not be installed
by default. That seems like it has a risk of exposing bugs where packages
rely on those tools without declaring a dependency.
Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois
