On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Brian White wrote: > > > Including the source package I could be convinced of. At least then > > > people have to think about what they're doing before causing potential > > > problems. > > > > This "think about what they are doing" thing is precisely one of the > > reasons the "extra" priority does exist. > > > > According to this it should be fine to include it as an "extra" package. > > Perhaps that is a reason for "extra", but it's really pointless. If it > can be installed, people will install it regardless of its priority. I'd > bet most people don't even think about a package's priority, largely > because many don't know what the priorities mean.
In such case (even if the user install everything, including extra packages) I think there should be no problem if the package is a package containing just the kernel source (because source code, as such, is always harmless). -- "83de1cfc5d2e83e0b4b5f7968bf5108a" (a truly random sig)