On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 13:27 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:21:32AM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: > > Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Given that python-minimal is Essential: yes in Ubuntu, the *only* > > > use for this package in Debian (given that there would be no > > > packages in the wild that depend on it -- the definition of Essential > > > is that you don't need to depend on it) is if we make it Essential: yes > > > as well. > > > > I don't see why. If python-minimal were included in Debian then some > > packages that currently Depend on python could (if their needs are > > minimal) Depend on python-minimal instead. This would be an improvement, > > This is something that Python upstream explicitly does not want; the only > reason for creating python-minimal was so that it could be Essential: yes, > not to support stripped-down Python installations. So why does Debian need/want python-minimal? (This is a question mostly for Matthias, I think, but if you know the answer that's great.) -- Joe Wreschnig <piman@debian.org>
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