Bug#915370: Please drop anacron from task-desktop

[Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:44:05 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:

Hello,

>
> 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.
>

I'm actually wondering if this is a good idea..

There are lot of other packages installing cronjobs and people, I would 
assume, expect that they will run.

I would personally revert his patch as long as all the cronjobs have not 
a corresponding systemd .timer

Any thoughts?

Kind regards,

Laurent Bigonville