Le Sat, May 19, 2007 at 09:52:44AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > > A field in the control file is unlikely to have enough space to > truly state the reasons (remember, the maintainer has alsready stated > that in their judgement the packages belong together for all but the > most unusual installations). Adding a special file with expanded > explanations or essays might work.
Hi all, I am quite convinced that recommended packages do not need to be justified, but I think that the need for such a justification in the case of suggested packages will go growing. Soon or later, the apt frontends will be able to use Debtags smartly, and suggest packages by themselves. Then what will remain in the Suggests: field of the control file will indeed be what is difficult to guess and needs to be explained. By the way, Manoj, I think that I did not understand why you say that there is not enough space in the control file while it is able to host the long description of packages? We could have something like: Suggests: foo, bar, baz Justify-foo: To play while the program works for you. Justify-bar: Here a longer discussions which takes advantages of the format of the control file Justify-baz: You can use baz instead of bar. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
