On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:38:08PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ok, but now I'm confused: why is python-minimal needed in Essential? > Why not simply depend on it straightforwardly?
Because there are parts of the packaging system where there is no way to express such a dependency relationship, and so only Essential packages can be relied upon to be available. One example is .config maintainer scripts, some of which are quite complex and worth writing in a higher-level language than shell. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
