On 2012-07-10 18:10, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > The very purpose of a meta-package is to _ensure_ that a certain set of > packages is installed, not just recommend them: All (not only most) > users of that package need all its dependencies satisfied
My definition of meta-package is less strict than yours. I as user sometimes want '[meta]package X, but without packages Y and Z', and your definition absolutely rules that out. I saw many questions on forums like "I did '$packagemanager install $metapackage' and then after '$packagemanager remove $singlepackage', why $packagemanager now wants to remove all $metapackage?" , so I know I'm not alone. Using Recommends for non-core parts of metapackages' dependencies would nicely solve that. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++ GNU/Linux developer, Debian Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120710163528.GC5107@r500-debian
