Hello, > the reason for this is that if there is not at least one soundfont package > automatically installed, bugs like "timidity doesn't work" keep popping up. > Also it is the same approach as used in ubuntu, giving users less surprise.
The default apt setting is to treat recommends as hard dependency, so there shouln't be a suprise for the inexeperienced user. Or the other way round: If a user changes this setting, he shouldn't be suprised too much about a missing recommended package. > I could consider moving the depends to fluid-soundfont-gm, however it is a > lot > bigger. I think because of it's smaller size, freepats is the suitable default. > If you have other ideas how to approach, I'm open for suggestions. Making a or-ed dependency could be the solution. By this, at least one soundfont package is automatically installed, but one doesn't have to install freepats when fluid-soundfont is already installed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
