Subject: If no section/priority in control file, then where?

From: Michael Alan Dorman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:34:06 -0400

OK, last Thursday I was told that use of section and priority in the
control files of packages was deprecated by those whose opinions would
seem to matter most---Ian Jackson, dpkg maintainer, and Guy Maor,
archive maintainer.

This is fine with me---one less detail to track for each package.

What about dchanges, though?  Is it going to wreak havoc in the
archive if tons of .changes files show up with misc/extra, even when
that's not actually where those packages belong?

I hope not, because that's exactly what it does given the above
set of recommendations.

Mike.
--
"Don't let me make you unhappy by failing to be contrary enough...."

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From: Guy Maor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 18:29:58 -0500 (CDT)

> that's not actually where those packages belong?

No, it just gets overriden and dinstall will send you a warning.

> I hope not, because that's exactly what it does given the above

dchanges should be changed to use '-' for both.  I'll file a bug report.

Guy