Re: Bug#758231: rsyslog: is priority important, depends on packages with priority extra

2014-08-15 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 15.08.2014 17:47, schrieb Gerrit Pape: Package: rsyslog Version: 8.2.2-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.5 Hi, the current rsyslog package version in testing is priority important and depends on packages with priority extra. Policy 2.5 states: Packages must not depend on

Bug#758234: debian-policy: allow packages to depend on packages of lower priority

2014-08-15 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Package: debian-policy Hi, I suggest to drop the following paragraph from 2.5: Packages must not depend on packages with lower priority values (excluding build-time dependencies). In order to ensure this, the priorities of one or more packages may need to be adjusted. This requirement is

Processed: reassign 758231 to debian-policy

2014-08-15 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 758231 debian-policy Bug #758231 [ftp.debian.org] override: init-system-helpers: admin/important Bug #758233 [ftp.debian.org] override: init-system-helpers: admin/important Bug reassigned from package 'ftp.debian.org' to 'debian-policy'.

Re: Bug#758231: rsyslog: is priority important, depends on packages with priority extra

2014-08-15 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 15.08.2014 18:10, schrieb Michael Biebl: Am 15.08.2014 17:47, schrieb Gerrit Pape: Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.5 [..] That this rule is violated in hundreds of cases [1] clearly shows that there is something wrong which needs to be addressed in a more idiomatic way. [1]

Bug#758234: debian-policy: allow packages to depend on packages of lower priority

2014-08-15 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: I suggest to drop the following paragraph from 2.5: Packages must not depend on packages with lower priority values (excluding build-time dependencies). In order to ensure this, the priorities of one or more packages may need to be adjusted. This

Re: Bug#758231: rsyslog: is priority important, depends on packages with priority extra

2014-08-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 06:31:39PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 15.08.2014 18:10, schrieb Michael Biebl: Am 15.08.2014 17:47, schrieb Gerrit Pape: Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.5 [..] That this rule is violated in hundreds of cases [1] clearly shows that there is

Re: Bug#758231: rsyslog: is priority important, depends on packages with priority extra

2014-08-15 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 15.08.2014 17:47, schrieb Gerrit Pape: Package: rsyslog Version: 8.2.2-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.5 Hi, the current rsyslog package version in testing is priority important and depends on packages with priority extra.

Bug#758234: debian-policy: allow packages to depend on packages of lower priority

2014-08-15 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ansgar Burchardt ans...@debian.org (2014-08-15): Having packages with priority = standard pull in libraries with lower priority seems also more useful than raising the priorities of the libraries as they alone do not satisfy the requirements for higher priorities: I don't think any library