> ==== RESOLUTION ====
>
> Background
>
> The blends-tasks package was uploaded in April 2016 setting its priority to
> important. The result of this change was that the package started getting
> automatically installed by debootstrap, with the intended effect of causing
> the list of tasks shipped by the package to be displayed by tasksel in the
> debian-installer.
>
> Even though the debian-installer maintainer complained in May 2016 that he
> did not agree with this approach with regards to including external
> packages in the default tasksel screen, the important priority remains
> until today.
>
> In December 2016, changes were made in the tasksel package so that it no
> longer automatically displays external tasks as part of the
> debian-installer.
>
> The current state is that chroots created by debootstrap in unstable or
> testing include the blends-tasks package, although the shipped tasks are
> not getting displayed during the default installation.
>
> In #846002, the Technical Committee was asked by Holger Levsen to rule on
> the priority of the blends-tasks package. In the discussion that followed,
> the Committee was asked by Ole Streicher to additionally rule on whether
> the Blends selection should be part of the Debian Stretch installer and who
> should maintain the list of options displayed to the user in the future.
>
> Using the power of the Technical Committee to make a decision when asked to
> do so (§6.1.3):
>
> 1. We acknowledge that the decision of which tasks to display during
> installation falls within the jurisdiction of the debian-installer
> maintainers.
>
> 2. In the Committee's opinion the use of important priority is not
> appropriate for the blends-tasks package according to the definition in the
> Debian policy (§2.5). As it was set only as a means to an end, and since
> it no longer does what was intended, we recommend that this change gets
> reverted.
>
> 3. We encourage the debian-installer maintainers to work together with other
> teams -including the blends-tasks maintainers- to provide useful and
> popular package selections through the debian-installer in future releases.
>
> ==== END OF RESOLUTION ====
I vote A > FD
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