On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 06:38:55PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 03:18:48PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 05:58:20PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > > That said, I don't really understand why it's Ok for Ubuntu to do this but > > > not us. > > > > Ubuntu never installs python-minimal without python, even in base. > > Ah, ok. Then why bother with the package at all then? Why not just make all > of python Essential: yes?
Because it has additional dependencies on packages which are not Essential: yes, and because -minimal is much smaller (if someone explicitly uninstalls it, along with the standard packages which depend on it), we can assume they are accepting the consequences). -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
