On 12-07-10 at 06:14pm, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > On 2012-07-10 16:18, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > But the purpose of the meta-package is to pull stuff in. Depends > > does that, Recommends does not, therefore Recommends is not > > appropriate for the task. > > Surely Recommends does pull stuff in. It's clearly reflected in Debian > policy and supported by most if not all high-level packages managers > in Debian. Therefore it's totally appropriate for the task. Recommends does not _ensure_ that all is pulled in. The very purpose of a meta-package is to _ensure_ that a certain set of packages is installed, not just recommend them: All (not only most) users of that package need all its dependencies satisfied - those that don't should simply uninstall the meta-package. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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