Bug#442070: Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer used
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
> Hmm. If this section is removed, then the definition of priorities
> should indicate that priorities required plus important make up what's
> installed as a base Debian system. I think this would be a bit unclear,
> though (you have to know the definition in order to work out where to
> find it), and so I think it would be better to keep this section but
> update its text. How about this?
>
> <heading>Base system</heading>
>
> <p>
> The <tt>base system</tt> 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 <tt>base</tt> section to keep the required
> - disk usage very small.
> + on a new system. Only very few packages are allowed to form
> + part of the base system, in order to keep the required disk
> + usage very small.
> </p>
>
> <p>
> - Most of these packages will have the priority value
> - <tt>required</tt> or at least <tt>important</tt>, and many
> - of them will be tagged <tt>essential</tt> (see below).
> + The base system consists of all those packages with priority
> + <tt>required</tt> or <tt>important</tt>. Many of them will
> + be tagged <tt>essential</tt> (see below).
> </p>
> </sect>
>
> <sect>
This is a good idea. I've amended my proposed patch to match what you
have above instead.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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