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Re: Linking coreutils against OpenSSL



On 2023-11-11 09:32, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> While libraries are dependencies of Essential packages, they
> themselves are distinctively not Essential, they are pseudo-essential.

Fair enough, but still the general point of being very careful about
what we make (pseudo-)essential is valid and important I think. We
should only make the set bigger if the benefits are absolutely clear,
and I argue that improving the performance of /usr/bin/sha256sum is not
a good example.


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