Lintian tag information: essential-no-not-needed (type: warning)
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Having "Essential: no" is the same as not having the field at all, so it just makes the Packages file longer with no benefit. Please refer to Essential (Section 5.6.9) in the Debian Policy Manual for details. Visibility: warning Show-Always: no Check: fields/essential