Lintian tag: transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The package appears to be a transitional package, but it is not priority
optional and in the oldlibs section.

Using oldlibs/optional assists package managers in handling the transition
package correctly.

Please refer to Bug#645438 and Make transition packages deborphan
compliant (Section 6.8.7) in the Debian Developer's Reference for details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: fields/section
Renamed from: transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-extra
transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-optional

Affected packages

source version binary tag type tag information count
bbdb 3.0.3 bbdb/3.0.3 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional mail/optional 1
fwupdate 12-7 fwupdate/12-7 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional admin/optional 4
gmerlin-encoders 2.0.0~svngit.20231213.4d5872f-1~exp1 gmerlin-encoders-extra/2.0.0~svngit.20231213.4d5872f-1~exp1+b1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional libs/optional 9
gnunet 0.20.0-6 gnunet-dev/0.20.0-6 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional net/optional 1
golang-github-docker-go 0.0~git20160303.0.d30aec9-3.1 golang-github-jfrazelle-go-dev/0.0~git20160303.0.d30aec9-3.1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional oldlibs/extra 1
golang-github-gucumber-gucumber 0.0~git20160715.0.71608e2-1.1 golang-github-lsegal-gucumber-dev/0.0~git20160715.0.71608e2-1.1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional oldlibs/extra 1
golang-github-jonboulle-clockwork 0.1.0-4.1 golang-clockwork-dev/0.1.0-4.1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional oldlibs/extra 1
libnvme 1.11.1-1 python3-nvme/1.11.1-1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional oldlibs/extra 1
libpcap 1.10.5-1 libpcap-dev/1.10.5-1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional libdevel/optional 9
netdata 1.47.5-1 netdata-core-no-sse/1.47.5-1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional net/optional 1
scribus-ng 1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition scribus-ng/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional graphics/optional 8
scribus-ng 1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition scribus-ng/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition+b1 warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional graphics/optional 1
scribus-ng 1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition scribus-ng-data/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition warning transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional graphics/optional 1