Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

[Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>]

Hi,

Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> 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 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.

Any objections on this?


Holger



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