Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better
On 28 Feb 2002, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 17:51, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > >>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
> >
> > Santiago> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> > >> On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 05:14 AM, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> A package should not list false dependencies. Doesn't dselect
> > >> display Suggests: and especially Recommends: items?
> >
> > Santiago> Yes, but what about users who "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
> >
> > They should be educated to use a full feature upgrade tool?
>
> Unfortunately, the (draft) release notes explicitly say to use apt-get,
> because it does dependency ordering.
dselect using apt as installing method should also do dependency ordering.
Reply to: