Bug#1125967: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: cme can add "Priority: optional"

[gregor herrmann]

Package: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
Version: 3.017
Severity: normal

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With the change in 3.017 to drop "Priority: optional" I found an 
interesting case:

Given the following situation: a debian/control file …
- - with Standards-Version: 4.7.2
- - without a Priority field (already removed when dpkg declared
  "optional" the default)

cme modify dpkg-control -save

will (reformat d/control if necessary and) add "Priority: optional" 
to it.

When I then call

cme modify dpkg-control source 'Standards-Version="4.7.3"'

the S-V is correctly bumped -- and "Priority: optional" is removed 
again.

(Commands taken from dpt-fixup in pkg-perl-tools.)

That's not really what I want, especially not with git commits after 
each change :)


I think I see the point of making the removal of Priority conditional 
on the Standards-Version; on the other hand:
- - AFAIR, `cme modify dpkg-control -save' has only reformatted
  d/control and never added/removed any fields; or I don't remember
  or I never hit such a situation;
- - I would also argue that "Priority: optional" was obsolete with dpkg 1.22.13
  (January 2025), it just took some time until this was written down
  in policy.


Not sure what the best way out is …


Cheers,
gregor


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