Re: Metapackage dependencies: "Depends" or "Recommends"?
* Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> [150729 17:18]:
> Ole Streicher wrote:
> > Other packages will never depend on this metapackage; they will rather
> > depend on the individual programs.
>
> Other packages *in Debian* will not. I actually build a pile of
> personal metapackages to set up systems, and many of their dependencies
> are metapackages. If metapackages start using Recommends, that would be
> quite inconvenient, as it would mean that I'd have to manually copy the
> list of dependencies into my metapackage (and update it if the set of
> needed packages changes) rather than just depending on the metapackage.
I don't understand this. Why would having a Debian metapackage A which
_correctly_ uses Recommends make your personal metapackage B which
Depends on A fail to install the recommended packages from A?
Even if it did, how would that justify misusing the dependencies?
...Marvin
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