Julian Andres Klode writes ("Re: [RFC/dpkg PATCH] Introducing an
relaxed-Essential-like "Important" field"):
> Are there any better proposals?
Do we want this field to be ignored by old versions of the tools, or
to prevent installation of the package ? I think the answer is (a) in
which case we probalby need a new field.
If the answer were (b) we could use `Essential: sort-of' or something.
I agree with the qualms about `important'.
Also we need to consider how to allow the user to switch between
different programs which have this flag set. There needs to be a
user-friendly flag on apt, I think. (Maybe there already is.)
Perhaps the control field name should follow the UI decision.
Ian.
