Bug#442070: Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer used
Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@lysator.liu.se> writes:
> Source: debian-policy
> AFAIU, the base subsection was obsoleted with Etch (apparently, its
> removal was discussed already in 1997), and (almost) all packages moved
> to ordinary subsections, like other packages. However, it is still
> listed in section 2.4 and referred to in section 3.7.
> I think policy should contain or point to the real definition of the
> base system.
That would be great. Could you, or someone else, get together with the
debian-installer folks and whoever else would be an expert in what
constitutes the base system and propose new wording for Policy?
Also, do you have a reference for the obsolescence of the base section?
Even without the real definition of base (which I suspect is actually done
by priority), if that section isn't used any more, we should remove it.
(And remove it from lintian, etc.)
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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