Roland Mas wrote: > David Paleino, 2009-12-21 09:13:17 +0100 : > > [...] > >> I mean, meta-packages should *always* have their Recommends installed, >> otherwise they have no point in existing. > > If it's *always*, then… isn't your proposal pointless? If it's merely > a *should*, then Recommends is a fine solution.
No, I probably misworded my intention there. A meta-package should always have their Recommends/Depends/whatever installed, and shouldn't get uninstalled when one of these gets removed (either, this removed one should be "blacklisted" someway) > [...] > >> What's the use of a metapackage if you only choose 2-3 from, say, 20-30 >> "dependencies"? >> You'd better go with selecting those 2-3 directly. At least IMHO :) > > And that's what we have tasks for. "Tasks" aren't for this, I suppose. > [..] > > Then I suggest you just help converting the gnome metapackage to a > task, since this'll work with no intrusive changes in our tools. So you're suggesting me to also do a "wicd" task. In experimental I have "wicd" depending on wicd-daemon + wicd-curses|wicd- gtk -- (it's a simple case, where the user might manually choose the components, but it's good for the sake of exampling). A user having "wicd" installed now, and upgrading to experimental, might want to remove one of the components: # apt-get --purge remove wicd-curses This will also uninstall "wicd", and mark wicd-daemon and wicd-gtk for autoremoval. I don't think we should escalate metapackages to tasks, sorry. -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
