Bug#206684: debian-policy: Proposal for going ahead with mandatory debconf use for prompting
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
> Okay. From a Policy perspective, I don't really want to single out
> libc6 unless I have to. Would it make sense to have a blanket exception
> for all Essential packages, something like:
> As an exception, essential packages may fall back on non-debconf
> prompting if debconf is not available.
Except, of course, libc6 isn't essential. Hm. Maybe just "essential
packages or packages depended on by essential packages," only worded
better.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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