Re: Please drop anacron from task-desktop
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Hi,
Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:44:05 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> >
> > anacron was added to the desktop-task a long time ago.
> > The changelog doesn't mention why it was added, but I assume it was to
> > support systems which are not running 24/7 and to ensure that cron jobs
> > have a chance to run.
> >
> > Nowadays, we have systemd .timer units, which handle this issue much
> > nicer. I checked a default desktop installation, and all important cron
> > jobs have a corresponding .timer unit.
> > It thus seems safe to drop anacron from task-desktop.
> >
>
> I'm actually wondering if this is a good idea..
>
> There are lot of other packages installing cronjobs and people, I would
> assume, expect that they will run.
>
> I would personally revert his patch as long as all the cronjobs have not
> a corresponding systemd .timer
Any thoughts on this?
Is there still a broad necessity for anacron?
Are there still many packages, that don't rely on systemd timer units?
Holger
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