Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop
On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:47:04PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
>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?
Makes sense AFAICS...
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