[debian-devel:11881] Reassigning Bug#51951 to ftp.debian.org

[Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.org>]

> Package: jgroff
> Version: 0.100-2
> 
> I've got a following email.
> 
> From: "Darren O. Benham" <gecko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: dependency warning
> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 00:01:33 -0800
> 
> > Please be aware that manpages-ja is optional but
> > the dependency jgroff
> > can not be met with optional or better packages.
> > 
> > This should be a release critical bug.  However, there are 150 packages
> > like this and I do not wish to increase the RC count by that much.
> > Instead, I'm letting everyone know via email
> > 
> > - Darren
> 
> So could you please make jgroff's priority set from extra to optional?
> 
> Note that you cannot really change the priority of a package by just
> repackaging and uploading it. You'll have to contact with ftp admins
> to edit override file after the package is installed.

According to the policy manual, all packages that conflict with others
with required, important, standard or optional priorities should be
marked as "extra". Since jgroff conflicts with groff (priority:
"important"), it should be "extra" as it is now.

So we have to lower the priority of manpages-ja from "optional" to
"extra" for now (other manpages-* are marked as "optional" though). We
are already in the frozen stage and it's very likely that we can
release woody without jgroff because it's already merged with groff in
woody. So just editing override file only for potato would be
sufficient (dark agreed with this on #debian-devel).

I'll reassign this bug to ftp.debian.org, asking override file to be
edited.

-- 
Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.org>