Re: Don't disable recoomends by default
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 08:41:53 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 05 aug 19, 22:50:17, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> > Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> writes:
> > >
> > > What is wrong is to suppress all recommendations by default.
> >
> > I have done this for years now, i.e. I have
> >
> > APT::Install-Recommends "false";
> >
> > in /etc/apt/apt.conf and I haven't had any problems, unexpected
> > behavior or non-functional software packages.
> >
> > OTOH, IMHO many packages have recommendations I don't like, especially
> > if "Recommends:" means it is recommended except in unusual
> > installations.
> >
> > For example a number of packages (e.g. geeqie) recommend cups or lpr
> > although it's not that unusual to not have a printer.
>
> True. It would also provide a very bad experience for those that do have
> a printer, but can't guess they need to install this peculiar package
> named "cups" to make it work.
The recommended package is cups-bsd not cups, which is a different
animal. The history of why it a Recommends: is in the changelog.
The maintainer's approach to the issue seems measured to me.
--
Brian.
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