On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 05:28:23PM -0400, David Golden wrote: > 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".
The naming is a side issue, as long as the two types are clearly understood. Though I'm happy with "recommends" and "prefers". Cheers, Barbie. -- Birmingham Perl Mongers <http://birmingham.pm.org> Memoirs Of A Roadie <http://barbie.missbarbell.co.uk> CPAN Testers Blog <http://blog.cpantesters.org> YAPC Conference Surveys <http://yapc-surveys.org>
