On Dienstag 12 April 2011, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Package: netperfmeter > Version: 1.1.7-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi! > > I was taking a look at netperfmeter and thinking if its recommends > (iputils-ping, iputils-tracepath, subnetcalc, traceroute) aren't too > strong (they should maybe be downgraded to suggests).
The idea behind these recommends is that a user of netperfmeter will -- at a very high probability -- also test and configure a network setup. Therefore, basic testing and configuration tools like ping, traceroute, tracepath and subnetcalc are highly useful. So, if the package mangement tool is configured to automatically install recommends, the user will directly get these tools with the netperfmeter install. If a user is really interested in a minimalistic install, he just can use apt- get --no-install-recommends (or similar options for other package management tools). Then, netperfmeter will be installed without the recommended tools. Best regards Thomas Dreibholz
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