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Re: Metapackage dependencies: "Depends" or "Recommends"?



Marvin Renich <mrvn@renich.org> writes:
> A metapackage should not be used as a bat to beat users into installing
> ALL of something.  It should be a tool to help users install all of
> something if they wish, but users should still have as much control as
> is reasonable to pick and choose a partial subset if it works for them.

Couldn't that be carved in stone^UPolicy?

Cheers

Ole


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