On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 02:22:42PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On 06/30/2014 02:44 PM, Bzzzz wrote: > >On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:30:46 -0400 > >Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>Problems of this sort would be much lessoned if pavucontrol was a > >>depend. RIc > > > >I wouldn't say 'depend' but much more 'recommend'; 'depend' > >should only be used for _mandatory_ dependencies IMHO. > > > I would tend to agree, except that over 50% of configuration errors > reported, regarding audio, is due to the lack of pavucontrol being installed > at all and/or the user being aware that it needs to be invoked.
Recommends are on by default, so a wishlist bug would be appropriate to get it moved from Suggests to Recommends, although some may consider it cruft, *esp* if it is only needed in rare cases. Depends are for the benefit of the package NOT the user. :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140702052932.GB1092@tal
