Re: Bits from the Release Team (Jessie freeze info)

Johannes Schauer wrote:
> Until these two issues are fixed we will not be able to get an algorithmic
> answer to the question of what constitutes the minimum required set of
> packages.
>   
There is also the complication of what I will call "non-key self 
building compilers". fpc is an example

These are not needed to bootstrap the core of debian but if one wants to 
bootstrap all of debian they will need to be built. Since the only way 
to build them is with themselves they cannot be bootstrapped natively 
even with the help of build profiles. So the only way to bootstrap them 
is to either cross-build them or start with a binary from upstream.