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  • Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default

    From Vincent Lefevre@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 13 20:00:01 2024
    The "whois" package has "Priority: standard".

    According to the Debian policy[*]:

    standard

    These packages provide a reasonably small but not too limited
    character-mode system. This is what will be installed by default
    if the user doesn’t select anything else. It doesn’t include many
    large applications.

    Two packages that both have a priority of standard or higher must
    not conflict with each other.

    [*] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html

    So, why isn't this package installed by default?

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  • From Greg Wooledge@21:1/5 to Vincent Lefevre on Thu Jun 13 20:50:01 2024
    On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 07:57:59PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
    The "whois" package has "Priority: standard".

    hobbit:~$ apt-cache show whois | grep Priority
    Priority: optional

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  • From Vincent Lefevre@21:1/5 to Javier Barroso on Fri Jun 14 01:50:02 2024
    On 2024-06-13 22:15:05 +0200, Javier Barroso wrote:
    Hello,

    El jue., 13 jun. 2024 20:48, Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> escribi�:

    On 2024-06-13 14:43:25 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
    On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 07:57:59PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
    The "whois" package has "Priority: standard".

    hobbit:~$ apt-cache show whois | grep Priority
    Priority: optional

    qaa:~> apt-cache show whois | grep Priority
    Priority: optional
    Priority: optional

    but

    qaa:~> dpkg -s whois | grep Priority
    Priority: standard

    I think it is ftpmaster override

    See https://wiki.debian.org/FtpMaster/Override

    Yes, but why isn't the priority of the package changed instead?

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