Bug#607970: release-notes: maybe discourage a bit from deactivating the auto-install of recommends

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 607970 + wheezy patch
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Hi,

In January, 2011, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:34:08PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:

>> APT in lenny already defaults to APT::Install-Recommends "1";
>> Maybe we should just remove this paragraph?
>
> I agree.

Alas, nothing actually came of it. ;)

How about this patch for the wheezy notes?

Thanks,
Jonathan

Index: whats-new.dbk
===================================================================
--- whats-new.dbk	(revision 9360)
+++ whats-new.dbk	(working copy)
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@
 </para>
 </section>
 
-<!-- FIXME: REVIEW for wheezy -->
 <section id="pkgmgmt">
 <title>Package management</title>
 <para>
@@ -380,15 +379,6 @@
 for package management.
 </para>
 
-<para>
-For &releasename; APT automatically installs recommended packages by default<footnote><para>This change implies that disk requirements for  tasks selected through the debian installer have increased too. For more information please
-see the <quote>Disk Space Needed for Tasks</quote> chapter in the 
-<ulink url="&url-install-manual;">Installation Guide</ulink>.</para></footnote>.
-This can be changed by adding the following line in
-<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>:
-<programlisting>APT::Install-Recommends "false";</programlisting>
-</para>
-
 <programlisting condition="fixme">
 TODO: Do we have to mention dpkg triggers here or elsewhere?
 </programlisting>