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Bug#53582: PROPOSAL] base section: let's get rid of this one at last



On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:08:09AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Yann Dirson wrote:
> > Joey suggested:
> > 
> > Here is one way we could reword policy:
> > 
> > | 2.3.6. The base system 
> >   ----------------------
> > |
> > |   The base system is a minimum subset of the Debian GNU/Linux system that is
> >     installed before everything else on a new system.  Thus, only very few 
> > |   packages are allowed to go into the base system to keep the
> > |   required disk usage very small.
> > 
> >     Most of these packages should have the priority value `required' or at
> >     least `important', and many of them will be tagged `essential' (see
> >     below).
> > 
> >     You must not place any packages into the `base' section before this has 
> >     been discussed on the `debian-devel' mailing list and a consensus about 
> >     doing that has been reached.
> > 
> > 
> > Why not getting rid of the 3rd paragraph altogether ?  It becomes
> > obsolete if the "base" section is to be removed.
> 
> I agree with Yann's suggestion.  Joey, are you agreeable to this
> change; Yann, are you seconding this proposal?  If so, it'll go in a
> soon-to-be-released policy version.

I still have to re-read the policy process, but, at least informally,
I second this.

-- 
Yann Dirson <Yann.Dirson@fr.alcove.com>                 http://www.alcove.com/
Free-Software Engineer				      Ingénieur Logiciel Libre
Free-Software time Coordinator	       Responsable du temps Informatique Libre



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