Bug#992485: override: mime-support:oldlibs/optional
Hello, On Thu 19 Aug 2021 at 04:52PM +09, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:48:01AM -0500, Daniel Lewart a écrit : >> >> Please change mime-support from: >> net/standard >> to: >> oldlibs/optional > > Thanks Daniel, > > Indeed I intended to ask for it during this release cycle. Actually, > the source package already reflects this. > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mime-support/-/blob/master/debian/control#L4-5 > > I have started to open bugs on some of the packages that still depend on > mime-support directly. Your help is welcome. I don't think we normally bother changing the overrides for transitional packages since they are eligible for removal the very next release cycle. Is there something different for this case? Thanks. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#992485: override: mime-support:oldlibs/optional
Le Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:48:01AM -0500, Daniel Lewart a écrit : > > Please change mime-support from: > net/standard > to: > oldlibs/optional Thanks Daniel, Indeed I intended to ask for it during this release cycle. Actually, the source package already reflects this. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mime-support/-/blob/master/debian/control#L4-5 I have started to open bugs on some of the packages that still depend on mime-support directly. Your help is welcome. Have a nice day, Charles -- Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan Tooting from work, https://mastodon.technology/@charles_plessy Tooting from home, https://framapiaf.org/@charles_plessy
Bug#992485: override: mime-support:oldlibs/optional
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
