Bug#452393: [PROPOSAL] clarify overstep between "required" and "important" priorities
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> diff --git i/policy.sgml w/policy.sgml
> index 52dbb26a..544308f8 100644
> --- i/policy.sgml
> +++ w/policy.sgml
> @@ -757,16 +757,11 @@
> <taglist>
> <tag><tt>required</tt></tag>
> <item>
> - Packages which are necessary for the proper
> - functioning of the system (usually, this means that
> - dpkg functionality depends on these packages).
> - Removing a <tt>required</tt> package may cause your
> - system to become totally broken and you may not even
> - be able to use <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to put things back,
> - so only do so if you know what you are doing. Systems
> - with only the <tt>required</tt> packages are probably
> - unusable, but they do have enough functionality to
> - allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software.
> + Packages tagged <tt>Essential: yes</tt> and their
> + dependencies.
> + Systems with only the <tt>required</tt> packages are
> + probably unusable, but they do have enough functionality
> + to allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software.
> </item>
> <tag><tt>important</tt></tag>
> <item>
Please retain the sentence starting "Removing a <tt>required</tt>
package...". Otherwise, seconded.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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