Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I can't see any reason for ncurses-bin to be essential. > > Well, I can see a reason: if the console is so messed up that you > don't even see "dpkg" when you write it, and you have not clear or > reset, then you have a problem.
That's not enough reason to make a package Essential, the policy manual clearly states that removing a required package can leave your system totally FUBAR, anyone who removes a required ncurses-bin does so at their peril. We should not be using the Essential tag as some misguided attempt at enforcing the "You must not remove" clause of required packages. | `required' | `required' packages are necessary for the proper functioning of | the system. You must not remove these packages or your system may | become totally broken and you may probably not even be able to | use dpkg to put things back. Systems with only the `required' | packages are probably unusable, but they do have enough | functionality to allow the sysadmin to boot and install more | software. -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
