Bug#954794: New packages must not declare themselves Essential
Hello,
On Wed 07 Oct 2020 at 06:43pm -04, Sam Hartman wrote:
> Josh, my current reading is that there is not support for even the
> first step. I believe Guillem and I have disagreed, and I haven't
> noticed support from anyone other than you.
Speaking as Policy Editor, I agree. I don't see any sort of consensus
that we should deprive ourselves of the ability to declare packages
Essential.
> C) I'd support non-normative documentation that we don't expect to
> approve new essential packages in the future in policy.
This sounds like a good idea to me too.
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Sean Whitton
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