reassign 458068 ftp.debian.org title 458068 Please change priority of libiw29, libiw30 and wireless-tools to optional thanks
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:41:53PM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> Package: libiw29
> Version: 29~pre22-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> There are a number of priority "optional" packages which depend on libiwnn.
> However, "libiwnn" is pegged at priority "extra" which causes a
> violation of Policy version 2.5.
>
> Now it could be argued that these packages could reduce their
> priority. However, given that wireless network connectivity is
> "everywhere" nowadays, I think that "libiwnn" would certainly
> qualify as a package one might reasonably install on a Debian
> system without conflict with other usage --- i.e. priority
> "optional".
I know that in the past, the priority of wireless-tools was set to extra
because the ftp-masters decided that wireless stuff wasn't that common.
However, today it is, and there are a number of reverse dependencies on
libiw29, the list is:
xsupplicant wmwave wlassistant wireless-tools network-manager netapplet
libiw-dev kwlan kwifimanager knemo ifrename guessnet gnome-system-tools
gnome-main-menu conky
It also seems strange that a package which provides udebs for the
installer has priority extra.
If the priority of libiw29 is changed, please also change that of the
wireless-tools binary package, since there are also some important
reverse dependencies on that one:
atmel-firmware madwifi-tools wpasupplicant wlassistant wifi-radar
whereami pcmciautils network-config linux-wlan-ng kwirelessmonitor
kwifimanager knemo kismet ion3-scripts ifrename education-laptop
aircrack-ng
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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