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Re: Bug#29874: optional packages that should be extra



Hi,
>>"Joseph" == Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> writes:

 Joseph> On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 05:53:58PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
 >> I must confess that even I thought the the policy statement meant
 >> that one should be able to install all optional packages
 >> simultaneously.

 Joseph> This would seem to indicate policy needs to be altered to
 Joseph> indicate the user may install optional packages without fear
 Joseph> of breaking anything in above priorities, but that they might
 Joseph> conflict with eachother.

	Actually, the policy is quite cleart, it was my memory at
 fault. But since I am not the only one, perhaps an explanatory
 footnote is in order?

	manoj
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