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@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ The following **preference fields** are supported in request stanzas:
informational string specifying to which planer this request was send
initially.
+- *Immediate-Configuration:** (option, unset by default) A boolean value
+ defining if the planer should try to configure all packages as quickly
+ as possible (true) or shouldn't perform any kind of immediate
+ configuration at all (false). If not explicitly set with this field
+ the planer is free to pick either mode or implementing e.g. a mode
+ which configures only packages immediately if they are flagged as
+ `Essential` (or are dependencies of packages marked as `Essential`).
+
#### Package universe