Bug#523960: equivs is surely not the solution to this problem. "Recommends:" is.
I really can't understand how someone can suggest to fake packages
using equivs instead of using the "Recommends:" header as it's
thought.
The Policy says in 7.2 very clearly "in all but unusual
installations", so nobody can't use users "who just want it work" as
argument. Debian's default is btw. to install recommended packages
anyway. Another reason why users "who just want it work" are _no_
argument against using "Recommends:" header.
X.org not only runs on fat workstations but also on embedded device
where you as less abstraction layers and diskspace used as possible.
Debian always claims to be "the _universal_ operating system" and it
should also package X.org to be universal. Debian is not (a desktop
focussed) Ubuntu.
I herewith vote for demoting hal (#515214) and console-setup (#523960)
to recommends.
Regards, Axel
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Axel Beckert - abe@deuxchevaux.org, abe@noone.org - http://noone.org/abe/
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