On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 05:15:45PM +0200, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:00:04 -0700 Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org > > wrote: > > This change does not propose eliminating the concept of Essential, > > What is the point of Essential? To omit declaring dependencies on the > false assumption that some packages are always required by all systems; > the concept is essentially ill. Thus, if you are not pursuing the > elimination of Essential, your effort is virtually useless. Do you want > to remove Essential?
I want to avoid letting the problem get any worse. Eliminating the concept entirely would have substantial backwards-compatibility issues, and would invite substantially more controversy. Right now, I'd just like to propose not adding any *new* Essential packages.
