Bug#924037: Please add anacron back to task-desktop and task-laptop

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 3/8/2019 7:17 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> Package: task-desktop
>> Version: 3.49
>>
>> The rationale for this change is IMO not correct.
>>
>> Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:
>> | all important cron jobs have a corresponding .timer unit
>>
>> This is not a sufficient condition.  Firstly, it is necessary for all
>> cron jobs, not just ones considered `important', to have a
>> corresponding timer unit, for this change to be correct.
>>
>> Secondly, this change simply breaks systems without systemd.  If
>> (which I deny) it is a good idea to change this for systemd systems,
>> measures should be taken to arrange that non-systemd systems still get
>> anacron.  For example, a dependency on   systemd-sysv | anacron
>>
>> (Thirdly, and tangentially, for reasons explored further in the
>> debian-devel thread, systemd timer units are not a suitable
>> replacement for many applications.)
>>
>> Also I think that when changes are being made which might break
>> non-systemd systems, the Debian Ecosystem Init Diversity team
>>  debian-init-diversity@chiark.greenend.org.uk
>> should be consulted so that the appropriate fixes can be developed.
>
> I tend to follow this proposal (also looking at the corresponding
> discussion on d-devel).
>
>> Finally, this change is rather late wrt the freeze.
>
> Since this is just a revert of a recent change, this can be considered
> causing no harm.
>
>
> Any objections?
> kibi?
>

I'm probably missing something here, this change have never had the
green light to go ahead in the first place.

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John Doe