Package: python2.4-minimal Version: 2.4.2-2 Severity: normal
python-minimal only exists in Ubuntu so that users can uninstall python without breaking the base system. Ubuntu has an agreement with the python developers that a user will only get a system with python-minimal but without the full python base packages if they specifically request it. Debian is not Ubuntu. Debian has no such agreement, and the only way Debian could have such an agreement was if python was in the base system, which it is not. The only purpose python-minimal can serve in Debian is to force the inclusion of python into the base system. Since there is neither a technical need for this nor a consensus supporting it, I ask that python-minimal be removed. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages python2.4-minimal depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime python2.4-minimal recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
