Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit
Scripsit md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)
> On Jul 13, Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org> wrote:
>> Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's
>> entirely appropriate to explain why in the description.
> README.Debian maybe, but not in the description...
The package description is the appropriate place to document what the
recommendations are there for. Contrary to README.Debian, it is shown
by apt frontends at the time where a user need to decide whether he
can ignore the recommendation (for example, if the recommended
packages are uninstallable on his system for some reason).
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Henning Makholm Set your feet free!
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