reopen 548661
thanks
>> In bug#542095, I think the right solution is to make it possible for the
>> user to specify "overrides" on package dependencies (e.g. to say
>> "install gnome, but ignore the dependency on network-manager").
> No, that's definitely not a "right" solution. Overridable dependencies are
> recommends and we already have them.
But as seen in bug#542095, some dependencies are not really hard, yet
you don't want them to be "recommends" because that would be too easy
for users to ignore. So bug#542095 shows that there is a need for
something between "recommends" and true dependencies that can only be
ignored if the user very specifically requests to ignore this precise
dependency (I already ignore all recommends).
> Changing the behaviour of Depends is all but reasonable.
I think I phrased my request with sufficiently details to make it clear
that I do not necessarily want "depends" to change, but I want some way
to override things which currently are specified with "depends".
> Sorry, I'm closing this feature request.
Do you find my request unreasonable? What alternative solution do you
propose if I want to both have wicd and gnome installed? Or if my
system is memory constrained and I want xserver-xorg installed but
not hal? Or ...?
Install by hand? Install with --force-depends and suffer through the
resulting ever lasting pain?
The reason why I use Debian on most of my machines is because Debian is
sufficiently flexible to adapt to atypical cirsumstances.
That's one of its strength.
> Improvements for handling meta-packages are possible but it's all in the
> realm of apt and co, not dpkg.
Then please reassign the bug-report accordingly rather than closing it.
Stefan
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