Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

2020-10-07 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Wed 07 Oct 2020 at 06:43pm -04, Sam Hartman wrote: > Josh, my current reading is that there is not support for even the > first step. I believe Guillem and I have disagreed, and I haven't > noticed support from anyone other than you. Speaking as Policy Editor, I agree. I don't see an

Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

2020-10-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Josh" == Josh Triplett writes: Josh> Long-term, I'd like to see that happen. But I'm a huge fan of Josh> incremental steps; defining the problem as "eliminate Josh> Essential" makes it both difficult enough and controversial Josh> enough to make it unlikely to happen at all