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Re: how to make Debian less fragile (long and philosophical)



Hi,
>>"Justin" == Justin Wells <jread@semiotek.com> writes:

 Justin> I had originally suggest that it should be important because Debian 
 Justin> policy says that anything an experienced Unix administrator would 
 Justin> expect to have should go into important.

        Yes. But reasonably expect is a judgement call.

 Justin> I said that an experienced Unix admin would expect some
 Justin> static recovery tools.

        By the traffinc on this thread, that is by no means a
 universal opinion ;-)

 Justin> Personally, my goal is to see it go into systems by default
 Justin> when people ask for an ordinary install, and if that will
 Justin> happen just as well with a "standard" designation as an
 Justin> "important" one, then I am not really concerned which it is.

        People even have objection to standard. I have not yet decided
 where I stand on that, but I would definitely oppose marking them
 important. 

        manoj

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