required and recommended

[Michael J Knox]

On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 14:05 +0100, Eric TANGUY wrote:
> >>>>>> "RE" == Ralf Ertzinger  writes:
> >
> > RE> Hi.
> >>> Is there a mean to put in a package informations about other
> >>> packages recommended but not formally required. I know it's
> >>> possible in debian packages but is it possible with rpm ?
> >
> > RE> RPM does not support this.
> >
> > Not yet, but rpm-4.4.3 (not yet in Rawhide) will have "Suggests:" and
> > "Enhances:" tags, see:
> >
> > http://wraptastic.org/blog/?p=36
> >
> > Don't know how they are supposed to work yet.
> >
> > A.y
> >
> Will it be included in FC5 ?
> Eric
> 

Even if it is in FC5, you would still have to wait for the yum devs to
add support for the additional tags. 

Michael