Re: Metapackage dependencies: "Depends" or "Recommends"?
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 04:11:12PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> 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?
I admit I have not verified policy whether it is that drastically but
the paragraph above is what I understood as rough consensus in all
discussion about this. These come up periodically about every six
monthes.
I guess if you think policy should be more clear about this the
authors will welcome a patch you can file in a bug report.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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