Bug#235525: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Relax priority relations between packages (Policy 2.5)
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 01:43:37AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:36:22PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > And the way we
> > handle libraries is indeed broken as well, because we require them to
> > be manually uninstalled. If they could be priority optional, aptitude
> > could automagically remove them with the packages that need them.
>
> Why can't it do that with it at the current priority? There's no
> more reason to keep unavailable, unneeded >=standard libraries than
> <=optional ones.
Wouldn't it be better to not select unneeded libraries for automatic
installation in the first place?
Greetings
Marc
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