The original problem of magnification not working has been fixed with Orca and gnome-mag. The debate auto-install of recommends is more of a policy issue than a bug. Marking Fixed.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- enable auto-install of recommends by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs