clone 351406 -1 -2
retitle -1 Must install Recommends: on install *and* upgrades in the default
configuration
retitle -2 Must install Recommends: on install *and* upgrades in the default
configuration
reassign -1 synaptic
reassign -2 dselect
stop
Hi,
Bug #351406 is one more bug caused by the non-respect of the
Recommends: field by package managers. Until the package managers are
fixed, maintainers are forced to use Depends instead of Recommends.
I technically consider this to be RC because policy clearly defines how
important Recommends are, and it's clear how they should be handled,
however, given the following arguments, I understand that it's not RC,
and wish for prompt resolution of this problem which renders the
Recommends: field useless:
1/ the archive has lived until now with this problem
2/ the archive is cluttered of incorrect usage of Recommends instead of
Suggests
3/ this might not be trivial to implement for the next release
Concerning synaptic, it's quite possible that the underlying apt-get
bug is the culprit. Since apt-get is not considered as an end-user
package management tool, I'll let the synaptic maintainer either work
around the problem at the synpatic level or cascade the problem on the
apt-get package.
Cheers,
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Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
