Re: RFC: No new Essential packages?

2020-02-02 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 08:08:34AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 01:31:14AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 11:59:34AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > I've never liked the rule that you don't have to declare dependencies on > > > essential package

Re: RFC: No new Essential packages?

2020-02-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 01:59:30PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 08:08:34AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 01:31:14AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 11:59:34AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > > I've never liked the rul

Re: RFC: No new Essential packages?

2020-02-02 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sat 01 Feb 2020 at 11:59AM -08, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ansgar writes: > >> Is the current wording in Policy not sufficient? In 3.8 Essential >> packages it states "this flag must not be used unless absolutely >> necessary" and later "You must not tag any packages essential before >> th