Ben Collins wrote: > > That makes sense, but doesn't sound like a good idea to me. People would > start removing debconf after every upgrade, only to redownload and install > it the next time that upgrade. This goes for several other packages > aswell. Probably, if this is ever implemented, then it should be > restricted to packages needed for initial install, but not for ones needed > during upgrades. This would avoid the need to download those > Install-Depends for every upgrade, but more than likely this field would > be so underused, it wouldn't be worth it.
Install-Depends: would be good for, say, installer packages like xanim-modules that depend on python-base to install, but only call it in the postinst. I don't use and have no need for python-base, but if I remove it xanim-modules wants to go away too. -- | Jeff Teunissen - Pres., Dusk To Dawn Computing - deek at dusknet.dhs.org | Disclaimer: I am my employer, so anything I say goes for me too. :) | Core developer, The QuakeForge Project http://www.quakeforge.net/ | Specializing in Debian GNU/Linux http://dusknet.dhs.org/~deek/
