Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk> writes: >> E.g. by filing bugs against package (and possibly NMU them) that >> abuse the Recommends relationship. > > Like moving all Recommends: into Suggests? Yes. > Recommends does NOT apply to everyone - that is Policy. Quoting Debian Policy 7.2: : Recommends : : This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. : The Recommends field should list packages that would be found : together with this one in all but unusual installations. > What apt is now doing is undermining Policy by removing that CHOICE to > not use any recommended packages. No. The apt team intends to finally implement what is mandated by Debian Policy for years. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4
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