Bug#216768: apt mixes essential flag from all sources

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 216768 = wontfix
quit

Hi David,

David Kalnischkies wrote:

> This approach makes mistakes for granted and isn't optimal in all cases,
> but given that the consequences can be a lot worser if a essential is
> missing than they can be if a transition package is still installed
> (which is more or less the only time people really see/complain about it)
> i don't really see why it should be changed. And so far nobody else
> could provide a good reason… so i don't change what isn't broken. ;)

Thanks for this nice explanation!  I'm marking the bug as "wontfix" so
the explanation can be better known (and to get the bug off my radar).

Maybe some day someone will put just the right words in some manpage to
even allow the bug to be closed. ;-)