XPost: linux.debian.policy   
   From: holger@layer-acht.org   
      
   On Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 01:31:42PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:   
   > Holger, did I get something wrong here?    
      
   I dont think so.   
      
   > Is there some reason why critical   
   > and emergency do not have a different effect from high that I'm missing?   
      
   I dunno. I'd believe it's like that because someone implemented it like this,   
   thinking in future further levels would be useful, but then it turned out, that   
   we dont need that many levels. But that's just my guess.   
      
   > I think it would be useful to move some of this content out of a footnote   
   > in Policy to somewhere more accessible, but at least at first glance I   
   > don't think there's anything inaccurate in Policy.   
      
   agreed.   
      
   & thanks for confirming!   
      
      
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