Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop
Control: tags -1 + pending
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> 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...
Merged into master.
Tagging this bug as pending.
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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