Package: apt Version: 0.7.25.3 Severity: wishlist Hello,
Sometimes, from a user point of view, understanding why a package A recommends or suggests package B1 or B2 is not straightforward. It would be nice to add an optionnal "why" field to explain what features are enabled in package A when installing package B1. Ideally, this could be displayed when the user calls : apt-cache show or looks at the package data in another front-end for apt. This way, they would know from the start if they want to install package B1 all along, when installing A. Best regards, Alexandre Fournier -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main #deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main #deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main deb http://condor.infra.s1.p.fti.net/dop sarge ke-preprod deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.5.0-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.5.0-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.1.5-3 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co pn dpkg-dev <none> (no description available) ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.95 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii synaptic 0.63.1 Graphical package manager -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
