On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 10:11:41PM +0100, Paride Legovini wrote: > Michael Stone wrote on 07/03/2019: > > On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 09:02:23PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > >>> I'm actually wondering if this is a good idea.. > >>> > >>> There are lot of other packages installing cronjobs and people, I would > >>> assume, expect that they will run. > > cronjobs run even without anacron, they just don't run > "anac(h)ronistically".
Which means some won't ever run on a 9 to 5 desktop. > >>> I would personally revert his patch as long as all the cronjobs have not > >>> a corresponding systemd .timer > >> > >> Any thoughts on this? > > > > What's the downside to having anacron there if a .timer supersedes the > > cron job? > > Having a useless service running is itself a downside; I second the > removal. Please explain your usage of the word "useless". The output of "ls /etc/cron.daily" is not empty for me. > I'll also mention that anacron has been orphaned almost one > year ago. I'll also mention that "has been orphaned" does not imply anthing about the quality of the package. 4 QA uploads fixing 11 bugs in the BTS. Compared to 1 upload fixing 1 bug in the BTS in the last 3 years when it was non-orphaned. A sad truth about Debian is that QA-maintained orphaned packages are often better maintained than many non-orphaned packages. And anacron is actually a pretty good example for that. > Paride cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed