Re: APT recommendations/suggestions not obvious
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 07:35:18PM -0500, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> was heard to say:
> TTBOMK, neither apt/aptitude/synaptics stores explicit "this is why
> package A is recommended" data. If it did, I'd immediately convert to
> that app.
The problem is that this information isn't stored anywhere in a
standard, machine-parsable format. If it was, I'd immediately start
using it. I know there was some discussion in the last year or so about
documenting Suggests, but I don't recall what happened to it...
Daniel
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