severity 703092 important
quit
Hi,
Norbert Preining wrote:
> [Subject: setting this to critical]
Please keep in mind that these appear as emails in a crowded inbox,
where a subject line can provide valuable context.
> It might look harmless, but we do *NOT* want to release Debian
> with a dpkg that is broken with respect to all the descriptions
> floating around how to clone a system.
I agree that this is a problem, but I cannot convince myself it breaks
the entire system. Therefore I'm lowering the severity.
Presumably this is due to
1.16.2~15 dpkg: Only allow setting selections for known packages,
2012-03-17
It is a shame the impact of that commit on existing workflows was not
noticed until a year later. Guillem, can you say a little about the
motivation behind the change? Would it be safe to revert it?
Thanks,
Jonathan
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