On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 22:14:10 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > Hello. This is an attempt to put the basis for fixing this bug: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837060 > > As an example, packages tzdata, mount or e2fsprogs are not build-essential > and afaik have not been for a long time, but there are still people who > believe that they are build-essential for the mere fact that they are > priority:required. > Like I said in the debootstrap bug, I believe we should treat a case where a package is Priority: required but not actually required by the Essential set as a bug in package priorities, and neither debootstrap nor policy need to change.
Cheers, Julien
