Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> What's the problem with lsb-release? >> >> $ apt-cache show lsb-release | grep Rec >> Recommends: lsb, apt >> $ apt-cache show lsb | grep Dep >> Depends: lsb-core, lsb-graphics, lsb-cxx, lsb-desktop, lsb-qt4 >> $ >> >> That makes for some rather hefty packages pulled in via this Recommends >> line. > > I see. I had the impression that there is a consensus that our tools > should install Recommends by default in lenny. If that is the only bug > that really causes a problem in this respect, why not increase it's > severity? Chris, what do you think about it?
I think this example shows that installing Recommends by default alone is hardly a solution which serves the majority of users. I think that we also need a blacklist (or policy or however you want to call it) of packages in addition. Frontends like apt-get would consult that local policy when considering to install a "recommended" package. Debian can then still decide to ship an example local policy which e.g. prevents the "lsb" package to be installed despite being recommended by lsb-release. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
