Package: lintian Version: 2.114.0 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@joshtriplett.org
Please consider upgrading the lintian tag missing-systemd-timer-for-cron-script to a warning. This would help encourage packages to add such timers, which long-term may allow cron to become optional, at least on systemd systems. Note that doing so does not introduce any new dependencies on systemd: packages adding systemd timers in parallel with cron scripts need not depend on systemd, even if the periodic job is non-optional. (And since cron scripts are in any case system configuration in /etc, packages already need to be prepared for a sysadmin to disable or edit such scripts.) In some cases, packages may need to downgrade dependencies on cron or add alternatives.
