Hi,

On 26/08/14 11:03, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not DD, I cannot sponsor you package but have a question,
>>> why is priority for psensor extra ? Should it not be optional ?
>>>
>>> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html
>>
>> According to the definition of 'optional':
>> "This is all the software that you might reasonably want to install if
>> you didn't know what it was"
> 
> On the other hand the definition for extra is:
> 
> The extra priority will usually work for new packages that conflict
> with others with non-extra priorities.
> 
> Since your package is normal package and does not conflict with
> anything else, IMHO it should be optional. 
> 
> extra is fine for debugging symbols, maybe big manuals and so on. Your
> package is a GUI that can be optional. 
> 
> Policy also points to TeX as an example. You do not need it, it is
> optional, you can install it and it will not conflict with anything
> else. 
> 
>>
>> psensor is a GUI for monitoring hardware sensor, it displays graphs and
>> raise alerts to users (AppIndicator, notify bubbles, tray icon). AFAIK,
>> it is not required by any other packages.
>>
>> I don't see any reason why it should be installed if the user does not
>> want to access himself information about fan speeds, CPU temperatures,
>> etc. I don't believe that most users take care of this kind of information.
> 
> Optional does not mean this. It just means "hey you can install it if
> you want or need this package". It does not imply that you must
> install it or it is pulled by something. 
> 
> 
> That is just my opinion, it would be the best that some DD would
> clarify this, thus I cc eriberto on this.
> 

I'm not a DD myself, but I was recently looking at this myself in
relation to xdotool (which is extra).

From my searching I came across a couple of postings that maybe shed
some light on "right way" [1][2]

Hope that helps

Daniel

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg00126.html
[2]
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2013-December/035607.html

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