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Re: Recommends for metapackages



Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> writes:
> if upstream considers a package a core part of a platform,
> recommends *is* wrong.

Er, no.

Upstreams are not infallible, and are often quite fallible...

Upstream's "view" is a good _default_, but such judgements should be
made based on the reality on the ground.

-miles

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Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.


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