Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop and task-laptop

2023-09-01 Thread Alexandre Detiste
>From: Gregor Riepl >To: Debian Bug Tracking System <915...@bugs.debian.org> >Subject: Re: Please drop anacron from task-desktop and task-laptop >Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:19:21 +0100 > >On the other hand, the systemd-cron package provides anacron, so it could be >installed instead, if the cron de

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop and task-laptop

2023-01-19 Thread Gregor Riepl
Package: task-laptop Version: 3.71 Followup-For: Bug #915370 X-Debbugs-Cc: onit...@gmail.com The drop didn't happen in buster+1, but there may still be time for bookworm. FYI: The anacron service was silently disabled by default a while ago due to a bug, but this was only recently reported: https

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2020-05-05 Thread Christian Göttsche
Please at least downgrade anacron in task-laptop from depends to recommends. That way I am able to remove anacron and still keep task-laptop.

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-08 Thread Adrian Bunk
> On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 at 10:24:28 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > The output of "ls /etc/cron.daily" is not empty for me. > > That doesn't *necessarily* mean you need anacron, or even cron. Many > cron jobs now have a corresponding systemd timer; if you are running > systemd, the cron job starts, de

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-08 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 09:47:34AM +, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Thu, 07 Mar 2019 at 17:07:18 -0400, David Bremner wrote: > > Holger Wansing writes: > > > Are there still many packages, that don't rely on systemd timer units? > > > > Presumably packages that work without systemd, but still ne

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-08 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 07 Mar 2019 at 17:07:18 -0400, David Bremner wrote: > Holger Wansing writes: > > Are there still many packages, that don't rely on systemd timer units? > > Presumably packages that work without systemd, but still need to > periodic activity? Default installations of Debian boot with syst

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-07 Thread David Bremner
Holger Wansing writes: > > 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? > Presumably packages that work without systemd, but still need to periodic activity? d

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-07 Thread Holger Wansing
[ Forwarding this to -devel ] Hi, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:44:05 +0100 Michael Biebl 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

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2019-03-02 Thread Laurent Bigonville
On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:44:05 +0100 Michael Biebl 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. >

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2018-12-05 Thread Holger Wansing
Control: tags -1 + pending Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:47:04PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Package: task-desktop > >> Version: 3.48 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> anacron was added to the desktop-task a long time ago. > >> The cha

Processed: Re: Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2018-12-05 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tags -1 + pending Bug #915370 [task-desktop] Please drop anacron from task-desktop and task-laptop Ignoring request to alter tags of bug #915370 to the same tags previously set -- 915370: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915370 Debian Bug Tracking

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2018-12-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:47:04PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: >Hi, > >Michael Biebl wrote: >> Package: task-desktop >> Version: 3.48 >> Severity: normal >> >> 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 >> supp

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2018-12-03 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Michael Biebl wrote: > Package: task-desktop > Version: 3.48 > Severity: normal > > 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

Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

2018-12-03 Thread Michael Biebl
Package: task-desktop Version: 3.48 Severity: normal 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 system