[ CC'ed #758234 as Stuart's questions are also related to that. ]
Stuart Prescott stu...@debian.org writes:
Gerrit Pape p...@dbnbgs.smarden.org writes:
Since discussion on this topic seems to have stopped, I suggest this
patch to remove the priority extra for Debian packages.
All packages
Ansgar Burchardt ans...@debian.org writes:
Stuart Prescott stu...@debian.org writes:
I find Priority: extra useful for at least transitional packages,
detached debug symbols, and packages conflicting with packages of
priority = important (or maybe = standard) that will continue to do
so, say
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
Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes:
Ansgar Burchardt ans...@debian.org writes:
Stuart Prescott stu...@debian.org writes:
Related to that: Given d-i/debootstrap are the main users, I think
having d-i ignore the priority of library packages already[1] is an
indication that allowing packages to
Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes:
Ansgar Burchardt ans...@debian.org writes:
Stuart Prescott stu...@debian.org writes:
I find Priority: extra useful for at least transitional packages,
detached debug symbols, and packages conflicting with packages of
priority = important (or maybe =
Matthias Urlichs matth...@urlichs.de writes:
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
Hi,
Russ Allbery:
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.
Has anyone actually done this in the last five years? I'm extremely
Le Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:43:16AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs a écrit :
Russ Allbery:
Do you actually do this? Is optional actually conflict-free? I'm pretty
sure it isn't.
No, it's not. But I'd like it to be.
However, if a consensus should emerge that it's too much hassle to file
8 matches
Mail list logo
