On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 09:56:59PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:12:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > * allowing us to easily use python (as well as C, C++ and perl) for programs > > in the base system > > * allowing us to provide python early on installs to make users happier > Please note that it is against upstream's explicit wishes for -minimal to be > installed for users as part of a package selection which does not also > include the full python package. URL? I have trouble distinguishing that from "Upstream says python-minimal must Depend: on python." > In Ubuntu, we've split the package in > order to make -minimal essential, but never install it alone (both are part > of base). Then what's the benefit of having python(-minimal) be essential at all? > We basically reviewed the available modules and picked out the ones that > we thought would be useful in an Essential context, with a goal of having no > external non-Essential dependencies. Cheers, aj
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