Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:

    Bill> But is it an actual problem ?  Do we see packages marked
    Bill> Essential: yes by mistake ?

I think Josh's analysis brought up some important points for me that I
did not consider before and that need to be considered making decisions
in the future.
I think capturing that analysis in a pointer from policy or in policy is
important to me.

    Bill> Each time we make policy longer we dilute the content.


Obviously, in the limit this is true.
I think that capturing rationale for things that have good rationale and
that could affect the project if not properly considered is worth doing
even though it makes policy longer.