Short summary of answers.... Our plan seems correct. Some (Peter Samuelson, Steve Langasek) suggest it is a bit overflated and synced uploads of fixed packages should be enough.
However, Frans mentioned autobuilders which will not guarantee that both packages will reach unstable at the same dinstall run for all arches. Of course, if uploaded at the same time, that should be OK but we have to deal with Murphy's law: this is why I prefer keeping both packages installable at all moments...even if it complicates the process. So, up to now, no change to our plans..:-) Peter Samuelson mentioned passwd being Essential because it depends on passwd. This is actually right. However this dependency is just the consequence of bash needing the add-shell and remove-shell utilities...so, in the future, bash shouldn't depend on passwd anymore. Other contributors, please continue commenting... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]