Re: Installing Recommends by default
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:54:27PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:
> >> $ apt-cache show lsb-release | grep Rec
> >> Recommends: lsb, apt
> >> $ apt-cache show lsb | grep Dep
> >> Depends: lsb-core, lsb-graphics, lsb-cxx, lsb-desktop, lsb-qt4
> >> $
> >> That makes for some rather hefty packages pulled in via this Recommends
> >> line.
> > I see. I had the impression that there is a consensus that our tools
> > should install Recommends by default in lenny. If that is the only bug
> > that really causes a problem in this respect, why not increase it's
> > severity? Chris, what do you think about it?
> I think this example shows that installing Recommends by default alone
> is hardly a solution which serves the majority of users.
I disagree. I think what it shows is that currently, Debian policy's
description of the 'Recommends' field is not very well adhered to by
existing packages.
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