Hi,

Gerrit Pape wrote:

> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -852,17 +852,7 @@ zope.
>               install if you didn't know what it was and don't have
>               specialized requirements. This is a much larger system
>               and includes the X Window System, a full TeX
> -             distribution, and many applications. Note that
> -             optional packages should not conflict with each other.
> -         </item>
> -         <tag><tt>extra</tt></tag>
> -         <item>
> -             This contains all packages that conflict with others
> -             with required, important, standard or optional
> -             priorities, or are only likely to be useful if you
> -             already know what they are or have specialized
> -             requirements (such as packages containing only detached
> -             debugging symbols).
> +             distribution, and many applications.
>           </item>

Yes, I think the will in the project to maintain "optional" separate
from "extra" is gone.  So when promoting from "optional" to "standard",
people have to look for potential conflicts already.  Seconded.

>         </taglist>
>       </p>
> @@ -3660,10 +3650,10 @@ Files:
>           size, section and priority and the filename.  For example:
>           <example>
>  Files:
> - 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text extra example_1.2-1.dsc
> - c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text extra example_1.2.orig.tar.gz
> - 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text extra example_1.2-1.diff.gz
> - 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text extra example_1.2-1_i386.deb
> + 4c31ab7bfc40d3cf49d7811987390357 1428 text optional example_1.2-1.dsc
> + c6f698f19f2a2aa07dbb9bbda90a2754 571925 text optional 
> example_1.2.orig.tar.gz
> + 938512f08422f3509ff36f125f5873ba 6220 text optional example_1.2-1.diff.gz
> + 7c98fe853b3bbb47a00e5cd129b6cb56 703542 text optional example_1.2-1_i386.deb
>           </example>
>           The <qref id="f-Section">section</qref>
>           and <qref id="f-Priority">priority</qref> are the values of


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