Package: debian-policy Severity: normal This sentence in Policy 2.5 is too prohibitive: "Systems with only the required packages are probably unusable, but they do have enough functionality to allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software."
I would suggest a more open wording: "Systems with only the required packages installed can be fully usable - depending on the type of tasks expected of that system. The installed packages still include enough functionality to allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software." I have many systems with only Priority: required packages and a selection of hand-picked packages from Priority: optional which are fully usable systems - within the expectations of what such a system can be expected to achieve, e.g. a NAS or mobile phone installation. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/07/msg00337.html -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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