On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>...
> > Where's a reason for the difference between the priorities `optional'
> > and `extra' if you can't be sure that a CD
> > excluding all `extra' packages but including all others gives you a Debian
> > with no missing dependencies?
>
> CDs are never built this way. The priority field is not much used. We
> include standard, important and required packages in the "standard system"
> aka on the first CD. For the rest, we don't do any differences between
> optional & extra ... and even if some priorities were broken in the
> standard system, debian-cd deals well with it ...
You say "we don't do any differences between optional & extra". Why are
`optional' and `extra' two different priorities? What about merging them?
cu,
Adrian
--
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a
"Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
-- Mahatma Ghandi
