Hi, i pointed to: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html#version-4- 0-1 > > [...] Packages may now depend on packages with a lower priority. [...]
Curt wrote: > So it seems the reason invoked above is no longer valid due to a change in > policy. It can be legally called a bug meanwhile, because https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/i/iputils/control-320180629-2 has Standards-Version: 4.1.4 whereas the policy change was already in 4.0.1. If somebody here feels able to test the policy compliant change of "Depends:", then it would be worth to mail to 780...@bugs.debian.org and to point out that the change is overdue. Binary package iputils-arping has the same Recommends as iputils-ping. So one should check whether the reason is the same. The policy also demands to change libcap2-bin priority to "optional". Currently it is "important", which probably gets overridden by the repo deciders. https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/libc/libcap2/control-12.25-2 has Standards-Version: 4.3.0 So that would be two maintainers to convince ... YMMV. Have a nice day :) Thomas