Bug#1027832: debian-policy: Please clarify that priority required packages are not automatically build essential
>>>>> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> writes:
Santiago> As an example, packages tzdata, mount or e2fsprogs are not
Santiago> build-essential and afaik have not been for a long time,
Santiago> but there are still people who believe that they are
Santiago> build-essential for the mere fact that they are
Santiago> priority:required.
Why not just make all required packages build-essential?
I agree we should fix the class of bugs you are talking about, but it
seems like in some cases it might be easier to fix them by declaring
them not buggy.
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