Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?
On Sun, 2014-01-05 at 13:37 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 03 ian 14, 08:22:50, Intense Red wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:04:33 PM Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> > > Dovecot does not require mysql. The dovecot-common package
> > > recommends dovecot-mysql. Apt installs recommended packages by
> > > default, but they are not required. You can exclude recommended
> > > packages with --no-install-recommends.
> >
> > And to do this without adding the command-line parameter, edit the file
> > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20norecommends putting:
> >
> > APT {
> > Install-Recommends "false";
> > };
> >
> > into it, and/or use the command
> >
> > echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf
>
> I disagree to using this *permanent* setting, except for space
> restricted machines[1]. It only drives package maintainers to put in
> Depends what actually belongs in Recommends.
I would hope that package maintainers wouldn't battle with their users
in that way. The standard configuration defaults to having their
recommendations installed by default, so I'd hope they'd respect users
who want to opt out of this and make their own selection of packages.
--
Tixy
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