Hi, On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 01:38:38AM +0100, Marek Straka wrote: > > Maybe. But in this case there are no icons in Menus and in Toolbars. It > makes very hard to use it. I did not saw until now a Programm that is > so malformed without "recommended packages" instaled.
I can't give good examples currently. But packages tend to have (majorly) reduced functionality without "Recommends". A few simple examples: * libdbus-1-3 recommends dbus. Without dbus any libdbus-1-3 is nearly unusable, and there wont be any desktop messaging. But people can live without it sometimes (me!). * libfam0 recommends fam * fvwm recommends fvwm-icons * gimp recommends gimp-svg These are from my system. And I know, what breaks, and I accept it. Because I don't need the functionality. But other people would call it a major breakage. > Where is defined what means exactly "recommended package" and > "suggested package" ? http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps """ 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. """ The keywords are "strong" and "unusual". So if you don't install a "Recommends", you immediately declare your system "unusual". Cheers Elrond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
