Le lundi 2 juillet 2007 14:11, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:39:45 -0400, Filipus Klutiero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> > Le lundi 2 juillet 2007 13:19, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
> >> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:40:41 -0400, Filipus Klutiero
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > said:
> >> > Le dimanche 1 juillet 2007 23:38, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
> >> >> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:48:27 -0400, Filipus Klutiero I do not
> >> >> recall if currently such an installation contains anything out of
> >> >> optional or not. If not, then it is a pretty unusual installation
> >> >> -- most people generally add other packages to the standard ones
> >> >> to get a useable machine.
> >> >
> >> > When I wrote unusual, I meant the same unusual as the one in
> >> > policy.
> >>
> >> What are you talking about? I am reasonably familiar with policy, and
> >> the only statement that policy makes which talks about unusual is:
> >> ======================================================================
> >> `Recommends' This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.
> >>
> >> The `Recommends' field should list packages that would be found
> >> together with this one in all but unusual installations.
> >> ======================================================================
> >>
> >> By no means does policy define what an unusual installation is.
> >>
> >> > In this context, installing a package which is usually not
> >> > installed does not turn an unusual installation into an usual one.
> >>
> >> I have no idea where you got this notion from, but it does not appear
> >> to be from policy. Care to provide provenance for this assertion?
> >
> > Self-evidence. I don't intend to write more about this until you
> > answer my question.
>
> It most certainly is not self evident. If you have nothing
> concrete to add, I consider this discussion done.
You still haven't answered my question. Since you've denied to answer a simple
question at least 3 times, I assume that you would consider all Debian
installations as unusual. If this is the case, this means that policy's
description of recommends would be useless. If you really believe this, you
should request that policy's description of recommends be fixed.
