Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:21:32AM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: >> Steve Langasek wrote: >> > Given that python-minimal is Essential: yes in Ubuntu, the *only* >> > use for this package in Debian (given that there would be no >> > packages in the wild that depend on it -- the definition of Essential >> > is that you don't need to depend on it) is if we make it Essential: yes >> > as well. >> >> I don't see why. If python-minimal were included in Debian then some >> packages that currently Depend on python could (if their needs are >> minimal) Depend on python-minimal instead. This would be an improvement, > > This is something that Python upstream explicitly does not want; the only > reason for creating python-minimal was so that it could be Essential: yes, > not to support stripped-down Python installations.
Ah, the law of unintended consequences. You can't stop that; you can't say "here's the package, but nobody should use it". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
