[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#960638: Bug#960638: Bug#960638: login no longer needs to be essential

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

* Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> [200517 22:39]:
> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:33:42AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > * Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> [200515 00:21]:
> > > It should still have priority "required", and
> > > perhaps "Important: yes" so that apt makes sure the user doesn't remove
> > > it by accident, but it doesn't need "Essential: yes" anymore.
> > 
> > However, if you keep Important: yes, you'll discover that the Debian
> > tooling doesn't deal with this properly, and your package won't
> > migrate to testing. So ... I'd recommend avoiding Important: yes.
> 
> I was not aware of that.
> 
> Any reference to a bug report about that?

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/piuparts-devel/2020-May/009116.html

That's the only info I have about that.

Chris