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Bug#479080: debian-policy: Policy '3.8 Essential packages' does not explain when/why essential is neccessary



Hello Russ,

Russ Allbery schrieb am Sat 05. Jul, 13:50 (-0700):
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> 
> >         I think we can add wording that says that these criteria are
> >  useful while trying to decide whether a package should be made
> >  Essential or not.  Once it is Essential, then all bets are off, and
> >  packages are, in effect, never removed from the set, unless
> >  extraordinary effort is undertaken by someone.
> 
> Here's a proposed clarification of the current Policy language around
> Essential.  Comments, feedback, seconds?
> 
> The first part of the diff cuts out of the footnote some things that are
> moved into the main Policy text in the second part of the diff.
> 
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index c9bd84f..d0dc2dc 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -985,29 +985,23 @@

Sounds good. I second this patch.

Bye, Jörg.
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