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Hi, Laurent Bigonville <bi...@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:44:05 +0100 Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > anacron was added to the desktop-task a long time ago. > > The changelog doesn't mention why it was added, but I assume it was to > > support systems which are not running 24/7 and to ensure that cron jobs > > have a chance to run. > > > > Nowadays, we have systemd .timer units, which handle this issue much > > nicer. I checked a default desktop installation, and all important cron > > jobs have a corresponding .timer unit. > > It thus seems safe to drop anacron from task-desktop. > > > > I'm actually wondering if this is a good idea.. > > There are lot of other packages installing cronjobs and people, I would > assume, expect that they will run. > > I would personally revert his patch as long as all the cronjobs have not > a corresponding systemd .timer Any thoughts on this? Is there still a broad necessity for anacron? Are there still many packages, that don't rely on systemd timer units? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
