On Debian and Fedora experiences
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Dec 5 20:10:37 UTC 2006
Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 04:03 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
>> I don't think anyone is opposed to the idea of suggests/recommends
>> inherently. I, for one, would just like us to make sure we understand
>> the policies that it entails. Especially when we think of things like
>> 'enhances' which is a reverse dependency.
>>
>> The policies have to include:
>> - default, automatic mode
>> - default, prompted mode
>
> Automatically installing suggests/enhances packages is different from
> having them be Requires how? :)
It allows folks the ability to opt-out(1), if they so desire.
-- Rex
(1) either during the install (implementation details may be tricky), or
after the fact by manually removing the optional bits.
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