Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field
Steve Langasek wrote:
> Those are exactly the correct semantics. It makes no sense to remove the
> depends of a metapackage *and leave the metapackage installed* - what
> purpose would that serve?
Being able to
# apt-get --purge remove wicd
(thus removing any dependency/recommends/anything), without caring for the
removed parts singularly?
However, seems like on IRC we reached kind of a consensus on the fact that
metapackages should use Recommends instead of Depends. I plan to do a mass-
bug filing on this issue sooner or later, just need some time to do it :)
I might change this DEP to propose a new field, halfway betwen Recommends
and Depends (as weasel suggested, Weak-Depends), but haven't carefully
thought at it yet.
David
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