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Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?



On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 09:32 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:31:47PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > You're underestimating the grave consequences of losing 25MB off every 
> > memory stick and virtual machine.
> 
> python-minimal is about two megabytes installed, with no non-Essential
> dependencies.
> 
> (strictly an observation of fact; I'm not expressing an opinion either way
> about the change)

The python-minimal I see depends on all of python2.3. In Ubuntu perhaps
it's 2MB, but in Debian right now it's almost all of Python.
-- 
Joe Wreschnig <piman@debian.org>



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