Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop
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 systemd .timer units, which handle this issue much
nicer. I checked a default desktop installation, and all important cron
jobs have a corresponding .timer unit.
It thus seems safe to drop anacron from task-desktop.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages task-desktop depends on:
ii desktop-base 9.0.7
ii tasksel 3.48
ii xorg 1:7.7+19
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+19
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.7+19
Versions of packages task-desktop recommends:
ii alsa-utils 1.1.7-1
pn anacron <none>
ii avahi-daemon 0.7-4+b1
ii eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.2
ii firefox 63.0.3-1
ii iw 4.14-1
ii libnss-mdns 0.14.1-1
ii libu2f-udev 1.1.6-1
ii sudo 1.8.26-2
pn task-gnome-desktop | task-xfce-desktop | task- <none>
ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-1
task-desktop suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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