[Alexandria-list] 0.6.3 Plans

[Robert Waldner]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:54:14 GMT, Cathal Mc Ginley writes:
>> Well, it's a question of whether  a) to require that all the optional
>> packages be installed b) not require them and provide instructions on
>> the website indicating which to install or c) providing a virtual
>> package so that a power user can opt out of installing the extra
>> packages. I would say the goal is to avoid getting "where's the
>> feature in the screenshot" questions, which is why I prefer a or c.

>I suppose what I really mean is "What is the Debian way?"

Policy is rather (for once!) relatively clear on that one: what a 
 program *depends* on to actually work must go in a Depends: - what's 
 just nice-to-have or whatnot yields a Recommends:
 apt* has "--with-recommends"/"--without-recommends" for a reason.

Someone with a clue can override that anyway (and an 'apt-get source 
 foo; vi debian/control" is not that hard), everyone else is better 
 served with a clean package with proper dependencies.

cheers,
&r<just my 2 cents>w
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