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Bug#452393: [PROPOSAL] clarify overstep between "required" and "important" priorities



On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 07:41:10PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 04:00:28PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Unlike "required", "important" may include packages following other
> > conditions not related to this one (and in fact, most of them aren't), so
> > my proposal is to clarify it in favour of "required".  See attachment.
> 
> I don't see an attachment.

Ah, crap.  Here it is now.

-- 
Robert Millan

<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
diff -urp debian-policy-3.7.2.2.old/policy.sgml debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml
--- debian-policy-3.7.2.2.old/policy.sgml	2006-10-03 00:36:50.000000000 +0200
+++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml	2007-11-23 08:21:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -695,9 +695,8 @@
 		    trying to produce, amongst other things, a free
 		    Unix.
 		</footnote>
-		Other packages without which the system will not run
-		well or be usable must also have priority
-		<tt>important</tt>.  This does
+		Other packages needed to make the system usable
+		must also have priority	<tt>important</tt>.  This does
 		<em>not</em> include Emacs, the X Window System, TeX
 		or any other large applications.  The
 		<tt>important</tt> packages are just a bare minimum of

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