On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 03:31:50PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 05:12:38AM +0100, Anders Jackson a écrit : > > > > Software that is packed and installed in Debian should, and must, work. > > Hi Anders, > > I think that you are conflating issues. Ultimately, you are challenging > the semantics of Depends and Recommends. > > If one installs Debian using the Debian Installer, where "Recommended" > dependencies are installed by default, everything works. Why dont we install Recommended packages same as we do on d-i installs?
I know, exim4 and nfs-common, perhaps we should have a tasksel task? > > It is possible to install packages with only their strictest > dependencies, that is, without the "Recommended" ones. This opens many > ways to customise Debian, and here it is used to make minimal images. > But it may be necessary to cherry-pick some extra packages to reach the > wanted result. Here, it means adding dbus to the image. > > Have a nice day, > > Charles > > -- > Charles Plessy > Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan > -- 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333 keybase: https://keybase.io/gfa
