On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 01:34:23PM +0000, Adam Rice wrote:
> python-minimal only exists in Ubuntu so that users can uninstall python
> without breaking the base system.

No, it exists so that Python can be used in Essential: yes applications in
Ubuntu.

> Ubuntu has an agreement with the python developers that a user will only
> get a system with python-minimal but without the full python base packages
> if they specifically request it.

We don't even offer such an option; the user would need to explicitly
uninstall the relevant packages (and cripple their Python installation) in
order to do so.

-- 
 - mdz


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