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Re: PROPOSED: new package: xinit



On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:31:08 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Disadvantages of a new "xinit" package:

> 	2) Anybody who manages to not have the metapackages installed,
> 	   and gets xinit but not xbase-clients, may end up wondering
> 	   where that stuff is, and will file bugs instead of RTFM'ing.

Wouldn't a suitable Recommends: dependency from the packages to the
metapackages be a reasonable precaution to prevent this?

Ray
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