On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:14:57PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:04:10 -0700 > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Frans Pop <elen...@planet.nl> writes: > > > > > Maybe we should consider changing the default prio for all library > > > packages to optional or lower, except for specific cases (e.g. libc) > > > where the lib itself can actually be considered part of the core system. > > > > I would make a stronger argument than that: how much do we care about any > > priorities other than important, standard, and everything else? > > It is very worthwhile having a clear division between Required and > Important. A typical bootstrap should include Required but there is no > need for any of the important packages
If you want to have it minimal, install just the essential packages I think was Russ' point. And/or possibly change/adjust essential so that it matches what you say is required above. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100718220831.ga20...@nighthawk.chemicalconnection.dyndns.org
