[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#591102: iw: priority should be "optional"

[Jonathan Nieder]

severity 591102 wishlist
found 591102 iw/3.1-1
tags 591102 + patch
quit

Hi again,

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> aircrack-ng depends on iw, but the former is optional and the latter of
> priority "extra".

aircrack-ng has been removed.  However:

> Actually my motivation has nothing to do with that; it is instead that
> such a generally useful package as iw should not be allowed to conflict
> with ordinary packages in Debian.

This still applies.  How about this patch?

Index: debian/control
===================================================================
--- debian/control	(revision 1624)
+++ debian/control	(working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: iw
 Section: net
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian/Ubuntu wpasupplicant Maintainers <pkg-wpa-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Faidon Liambotis <paravoid at debian.org>,
  Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de>,
Index: debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- debian/changelog	(revision 1624)
+++ debian/changelog	(working copy)
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 iw (3.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * NOT RELEASED YET
+
+  [ Stefan Lippers-Hollmann ]
   * use Format instead of Format-Specification in debian/copyright, thanks to
     Michael Biebl for noticing; fix Format URL.
 
+  [ Jonathan Nieder ]
+  * change Priority to optional from extra (Closes: #591102)
+
  -- Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h at gmx.de>  Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:31:15 +0200
 
 iw (3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low