Re: Dselect/dpkg feature request
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Ian Jackson wrote:
> David Engel:
> ...
> > I think this problem can be solved cleanly by adding two related
> > features to dselect/dpkg. First, have dselect/dpkg distinguish
> > between packages that the user explicitly selects to be installed and
> > packages that are implicitly selected because other selected packages
> > depended on them. Second, have dselect/dpkg automatically (or
> > possibly with user confirmation) deselect any implicitly selected
> > packages when they are no longer needed.
>
> This is a very interesting point, and my first reaction is to like
> your suggestion.
>
> I don't think that --get-selections and --set-selections are really
> what is needed here.
>
> This does make dselect's current interface one step more complicated,
> though ...
On a related note, maybe we can change the package structure a little, so
we can include a comment in the control file, and why a package is
reccomended or suggested. It probably isn't neccesary for Depends, b/c
dpkg won't allow the package to install, but for choices where the users
has to make a decisions seeing a comment would help, instead of just
seeing
xanim suggests mime-support.
My package would say.
xanim sugges mime-support.
WHY:
By installing mime-support along with xanim, you will allow xanim to
automatiaclly register itself to your system. This will allow the
automatic playing of multimedia files you download from the internet and
such.
Well, what do people think.
Thanks,
Shaya
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