Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

2020-03-23 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 23 Mar 2020 at 04:29PM +01, Bill Allombert wrote: > I do not think this proposal make sense _as a Debian policy change_. > What I mean is that if the release team decide that some new packages > need to be marked Essential: yes for some technical reason, then either > policy will be

Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

2020-03-23 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:00:04AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.0.0 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > Previously discussed on the mailing list, which led to a request for > concrete Policy language. I do not think this proposal make sense _as a Debian pol

Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

2020-03-23 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.0 Severity: normal Tags: patch Previously discussed on the mailing list, which led to a request for concrete Policy language. Over the years, "Essential" has made it difficult to reduce installation size, to reduce chroot/container size, or to coordinate vari