On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 05:14:13AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > I concur with the comments raised so far. > > I think it would be great to do a better job of outlining the problems > with essential packages in debian-policy. ... > I would support a statement in policy that as of the time of writing we > do not anticipate ever creating a new essential package. That would > help people considering proposing making an essential package know they > are probably looking at things the wrong way.
But is it an actual problem ? Do we see packages marked Essential: yes by mistake ? Each time we make policy longer we dilute the content. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
