Re: Bug#64460: whois package shouldn't be Priority: important, rather optional
It is worth pointing out that netbase has only "standard" priority. Since
whois seems rather useless without, say, ifconfig and route, then it seems
odd at best to regard it as higher priority.
This issue is significant because it is desirable for some users to be
able to configure a useful system using as little disk space as possible.
Most users, of course, will choose to install all "standard" packages.
I think a "minimal" system implies the absence of a network.
-- Mike
On 2000-05-22 at 00:33 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> This is why I don't care about this kind of arguments.
* * *
> whois has been a standard BSD command like telnet and ftp since at least
> then years, so I think this is enough to consider it important and close
> this bug.
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