Re: ITP: Debian History

[Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>]

On 05-Nov-99, 06:30 (CST), Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi> wrote: 
> 
>      `extra'
>           This contains packages that conflict with others with higher
>           priorities, or are only likely to be useful if you already know
>           what they are or have specialized requirements.
> 
> I agree, a Debian history document does not qualify for extra, so it
> should be optional.

We've had lots of complaints that there are too many packages in
Optional. The correct solution is a level between "Standard" and
"Optional", and Ian Jackson (IIRC) proposed many months ago, but until
that happens I'd like to see most new packages go into extra. I think I
can justify it in this case based on the "already know what they are"
clause.

Whatever.

Steve

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