Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better
From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>
Subject: Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:59:42 +0100 (CET)
> This is not about most or many users of tetex-bin needing texi2html,
> but about following the principle of least surprise.
A user who does fresh install of woody might surprise
when he see tetex-bin Depends on texi2html ;-)
> There may be people who installed tetex-bin in potato because they
> wanted texi2html. These users deserve the texi2html program to be still
> in the system after an upgrade. After all, texi2html is small, so users
> who do not want it will be able to remove it after upgrading to woody+1.
A user who wants and so is familiar with texi2html will
install texi2html even if there is no fake dependency,
I guess. Package name is self-explanatory or trivial.
Best regards, 2002.2.26
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Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
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