Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

[Javier Serrano Polo]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:34:06 -0700 Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Even so, some *rough* consensus on the plan is very useful for
> helping people evaluate that first step.

Here is a rough plan:

   1. Policy: Packages should declare all their dependencies, even
      essential ones.
   2. Make easier this task: document dependencies, add Lintian checks,
      etc.
   3. Policy: Packages must declare all their dependencies.
   4. Wait until previous Debian releases become unsupported.
   5. Drop support for Essential.

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