Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-26 Thread Steve Greenland
On 26-Jul-07, 02:25 (CDT), Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Still, I think local admins should have the possibility to set a local > policy on a package basis for blacklisting packages to bridge until the > package gets fixed. man apt_preferences: P < 0 preven

Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-26 Thread Reinhard Tartler
ssion that there is a consensus that our tools >> > should install Recommends by default in lenny. If that is the only bug >> > that really causes a problem in this respect, why not increase it's >> > severity? Chris, what do you think about it? > >> I think this

Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
. If that is the only bug > > that really causes a problem in this respect, why not increase it's > > severity? Chris, what do you think about it? > I think this example shows that installing Recommends by default alone > is hardly a solution which serves the majority of users.

Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-25 Thread Reinhard Tartler
auses a problem in this respect, why not increase it's > severity? Chris, what do you think about it? I think this example shows that installing Recommends by default alone is hardly a solution which serves the majority of users. I think that we also need a blacklist (or policy or however

Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:26:14AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >>> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (I currently can't ues Recommends by default because of lsb-release, so I have a bit of a vest

Re: Installing Recommends by default

2007-07-25 Thread Frank Küster
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:26:14AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > (I currently can't ues Recommends by default because of lsb-release, so I >> > have a bit of a vested interest in solutions that don't require

Re: Installing Recommends by default (was: kydpdict relationships)

2007-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:26:14AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I currently can't ues Recommends by default because of lsb-release, so I > > have a bit of a vested interest in solutions that don't require that.) > What's the problem with lsb-release?

Installing Recommends by default (was: kydpdict relationships)

2007-07-24 Thread Frank Küster
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I currently can't ues Recommends by default because of lsb-release, so I > have a bit of a vested interest in solutions that don't require that.) What's the problem with lsb-release? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein