Bug#1029831: debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 09:56:58AM +0200, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
> * Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> [2023-01-29 14:01]:
> > The set of preinstalled packages in build environments is decided by
> > the debootstrap implementation, so yes, the debootstrap behavior is
> > current practice.
> 
> Note that debootstrap changed and now only installs essential,
> build-essential and apt in the buildd variant for trixie and later (see
> #837060). [...]

Indeed, such fact by itself makes this policy proposal to be obsolete.

We have finally fixed debootstrap to match policy (regarding required packages).
Now they are in sync. Now we don't need to change policy anymore "so
that deboostrap and policy are in sync".

Thanks.