Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential
On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 05:14:13AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> I concur with the comments raised so far.
>
> I think it would be great to do a better job of outlining the problems
> with essential packages in debian-policy.
...
> I would support a statement in policy that as of the time of writing we
> do not anticipate ever creating a new essential package. That would
> help people considering proposing making an essential package know they
> are probably looking at things the wrong way.
But is it an actual problem ?
Do we see packages marked Essential: yes by mistake ?
Each time we make policy longer we dilute the content.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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