On 03/04/15 00:36, Franco Lanza wrote:
Personally on debian i was using from date
APT:Install-Recommends "0";
APT:Install-Suggests "0";
in all my install apt.conf.
I don't like apt downloading and installing things that are not required
but just recommended or suggested, expecially in server or embedded
envs, but also on my desktop.
What do you think if we make this the default in devuan?
Hello Franco,
I have been using this exact same setting for years in apt.conf.d folder
of my servers and desktops. So I really support this idea. It is very
safe and good setting especially for servers, in my opinion.
However, on my desktops sometime I have to be more careful to check the
"Suggested" and "Recommended" packages when installing something as I
had some issues because of that setting. I don't remember exactly which
packages experience the issues, but the most recent issue that I had was
on parole or possibly on xfce4-mixer where I could not hear mp3 music on
my USB headset, only on my PC speaker. It was fixed after I installed
audacious with all its "Suggested" and "Recommended" packages. I didn't
try further to find out which packages are actually required by parole
as I only wanted to hear music that night :)
Cheers,
Anto
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