Hi!
On Tue, 2026-04-28 at 13:02:24 +0900, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 01:44:50AM +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> > states that zlib1g has priority "optional", while its debian/control
> > file states "Priority: required".
>
> Please read these things before submitting them :( Optional seems
> fairly obviously not a sensible priority here.
Ah, but it is! This was codified in the Debian Policy version 4.0.1,
from its upgrade checklist:
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10.23. Version 4.0.1
====================
Released August, 2017.
2.5
Priorities are now used only for controlling which packages are
part of a minimal or standard Debian installation and should be
selected based on functionality provided directly to users (so
nearly all shared libraries should have a priority of "optional").
Packages may now depend on packages with a lower priority.
The "extra" priority has been deprecated and should be treated as
equivalent to "optional". All "extra" priorities should be changed
to "optional". Packages with a priority of "optional" may conflict
with each other (but packages that both have a priority of
"standard" or higher still may not conflict).
[…]
`---
See Debian Policy §2.5 for further details. So it seems clear to me,
this report needs to be reassigned back.
Thanks,
Guillem
