Hi, >> > - remove xmms from the dependency list and move it to suggests (which >> > is not handled by apt) >> >> i think this would be the best option.
>my concern here, as I told Till, was that he would be shipping a package >which would fail for some people right out of the box. > >Debian has long had a tradition that once a package was installed it was >fully functioning. I have the problem of wanting Kopete on my server (for remote X logins) but definitely _not_ wanting xmms (or anything to do with sound output for that matter). I agree totally, however, that packages should be fully functional once installed, but in my case, Kopete would be no less functional without xmms :-) In any case, Kopete would not be the first package to be non fully-functional due to a "Recommended" package not being installed. I would be happy if either of the following solutions were implemented: 1. Make xmms "Recommended" (as already suggested) 2. Split the Kopete package into two (or more packages): the base package, and then separate packages for plugins that depend on major pieces of external software (as yet there's only this "Now listening" plugin). I think the latter would be the best option, personally. Daniel Carter (a slightly annoyed SysAdmin who doesn't want to install xmms)
