-=| David Golden, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 05:28:23PM -0400 |=-
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
> >
> >> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional
> >>  dependencies. Perhaps we could have both, where 'suggests' implies the
> >>  toolchain should ask whether the user wishes to install listed
> >>  dependencies, and 'recommends' simply remains a data-point of
> >>  dependencies that can be used by the distribution, but are not necessary
> >>  for its operation after installation. (Barbie)
> >
> > -1 I'd always have to try to remember which is which, because they are so
> > similarly named. The names really should be very different. Perhaps
> > "recommends" as currently implemented, and "prefers" for stuff that's not
> > required but you'd rather have it than not. And then, yes, if a preferred
> > dependency is not installed, that would not lead to an installation failure.
> 
> +1 to David's suggestion.  That way we don't have to change
> recommends, but "prefers" can indicate "you should really install
> this, but we won't FAIL if you don't".

I'd like to propose "strongly_recommends" for a name (in case that two 
kinds of recommendations are needed).

-- 
dam

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