Re: Packages to install be default for Stretch

[Cameron Norman <camerontnorman@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [ Please send replies only to boot@ ]
>
> I would like to re-evaluate what we change by default for Stretch, that
> is the list of packages with priorities required, important and
> standard.  In general my plan involves installing less, taking into
> consideration that requirements and expectations what should be
> available in containers, chroots, on servers and desktop systems has
> changed (at least IMHO).
>
> Some ideas which might need further though:
>
>     - time:
>       'time' is a builtin in at least bash and zsh.
>       -> demote to "optional"

Not a good reason IMO. I think the fact that it is a builtin is
indicative that it is very expected and normal to be present.

> Any comments and/or suggestion for other changes?
>

Cheers,
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Cameron Norman