Bug#787009: please add lintian warnings to prepare removing bash as an essential package

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2015-06-01 00:17, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> [...]
> 
> This was discussed in the past, I tried to summarize the discussion of
> the time here:
> 
>   <https://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/RemoveBashFromEssential>
> 
> and recently in:
> 
>   <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/09/msg00875.html>
> 
> While I agree with that goal, there seems are still some unresolved
> contentious points. And reiterating the same discussion does not
> seem much productive, instead of just tackling the blockers instead.
> 
> Thanks,
> Guillem
> 

Hi,

Truly this has been discussed in the past.  However,

  * What I object to is Lintian being the messenger of this proposal
    being (re)started.

I fear is that half the people in Debian will simply think Lintian went
crazy over night and that it cannot be trusted any longer.  That plus
the possible rain of "false-positive" bugs are two things I want to avoid.

Therefore, a simple mail stating:

 * Subject: Intend to remove bash from essential
 * Message containing "Per old discussion from <link>, $WE intend to
   remove bash from essential".
 * Message also containing "The plan is as following:
     - We have requested a lintian warning being added for using bash
       without a dependency.
     - ... <describe following steps here> ...
   "

would suffice for me.

Thanks,
~Niels