Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better

To: Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>
Cc: Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>, <87699@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better
From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:43:45 -0500
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Reply-to: Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>, 87699@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.44.0202251106510.3765-100000@cantor.unex.es>


On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 05:14 AM, Santiago Vila wrote:

Upgrades *should* be smooth. An upgrade should never make the user to
lose functionality, or force the user to search for information to make
the system to work as before if this cann be avoided.

A package should not list false dependencies. Doesn't dselectdisplay Suggests: and especially Recommends: items?

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