On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 08:20:05PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > But well, one of the ideas is to avoid having such extra stuff deeply > > tied to the core system, i.e. essential.
> That's it? The time to try to reduce the set of Essential > packages is to deny entry to new items (like dash), since once the > package is essential, people (and not just package maintainers) come to > rely on it. Our user base, in particular, has had 15+ years to rely on > bash -- and there are loads of user scripts, support systems, cron > jobs, third part packages -- that need bash. I think this is addressable by clearly documenting in Policy (where the handling of Essential packages is defined) that packages which invoke /bin/dash are required to depend on dash instead of relying on Essential. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org