Hi, Russ Allbery: > Could you say more about why you think conflicting packages having a > separate priority from optional is useful? When would people use that > priority information, and how? > Let's assume that I have a large multiuser Debian system. I don't want to be bothered by people requesting this or that package all the time, so I simply install everything that's of priority <extra.
Or, alternately, I allow "apt-get install --assume-yes" of these packages by $COMMON_USER, as Policy states that there shall be no conflicts. That breaks when non-extra packages can conflict with each other. -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org