Andrei Popescu wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Mike Bird wrote: > > > But then they abuse the Debian packaging system by "requiring" > > > instead of "recommending" unnecessary packages so that people are > > > forced to use their silly hacks. > > > > The new APT default is that Recommends are the same as Requires and so > > a lot of unnecessary packages are now installed. Those should now be > > pushed into Suggests. > > Feel free to file bugs for every package which abuses Recommends. Beware > though, that Recommends, according to Policy, should be installed "on > all but unusual installations". The question is really one of philosophy. Do you start with a good foundation and then build upward? Or do you start with a large fully filled out structure and then remove the extraneous material? I am a builder and so desire starting small and then adding on as needed. But if you are a sculptor then you desire to start fully formed and to remove the material you don't want present. I realize that these two ideologies are in opposition. But I think one is more scalable than the other and more suitable for a universal operating system. Bob
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