Re: Priorities
On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 10:34:54AM -0400, Robert Funnell wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
>
> > ...
> > Task packages can define different levels of installation. The
> > tasksel program will follow these rules for each case:
> >
> > - Minimum, installs everything that the task-* package Depends on
> > - Standard, installs everything in Minimum, plus packages that it
> > Recommends
> > - Complete, installs all of the above plus packages that it
> > Suggests
> > ...
>
> I've seen at least one package (I forget which) that recommended or
> suggested alternate packages, from which one would normally choose one
> only. Perhaps they could even be mutually incompatible. How would your
> model handle this?
I don't see how that is supposed to work. We have this syntax for such
things:
Depends: foo | bar | crap
If things are really that similar and can replace each other, chances are
there is a virtual package for it, or there should be. That also handles
the case.
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