On 2023-11-11 09:32, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > While libraries are dependencies of Essential packages, they > themselves are distinctively not Essential, they are pseudo-essential.
Fair enough, but still the general point of being very careful about what we make (pseudo-)essential is valid and important I think. We should only make the set bigger if the benefits are absolutely clear, and I argue that improving the performance of /usr/bin/sha256sum is not a good example.
