On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:22:17PM +0200, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > i just downgraded the severity from "grave" to "important". > > ``` > grave > makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes data > loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the accounts of users > who use the package. > > important > a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, without > rendering it completely unusable to everyone. > ``` > > the missing plugins do *not* make the package unusable, it just won't output > sound. > there's also no data loss or security hole involved. > so i don't think that the bug warrants a severity "grave". > > otoh, no sound might indeed have "a major effect on the usability", yet > doesn't "render[ing] it completely unusable to everyone" (e.g. to those who > don't need sound). > > > > also, per debian-policy §7.2, the dependency should be a "Recommends" rather > than a "Depends": > > ``` > Recommends > > This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. > > The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together > with this one in all but unusual installations. > ```
Are you only arguing bug severities or preparing an NMU with a fix? Recommends sounds OK if you are doing the NMU. Otherwise I'll prepare in an NMU with a Depends since that would sound more correct to me. cu Adrian
