Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would drop that "special" case and always require explicit requirement > for the shell. It's more clear to see which packages "need" bash to make > them work. someone may then provide a patch to "make bash go away".
This would conflict with Policy 3.5, which says that packages should not depend on any essential package unless they need a specific version. Policy shouldn't contradict itself, so I think this would require further discussion and justification for making an exception for bash. In practice, I don't think it would ever be possible to remove any feature from the set of essential packages in Debian. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
