On 2017-12-09 at 09:10, Brian wrote:

> The Terms and Conditions of installing a Debian package include (as 
> I'm sure you are aware) accepting the Depends: and Recomends: lines. 
> What is in these lines can be accepted or rejected and, in the case 
> of Recommends:, adjusted to suit your needs. Installing the package 
> necessarily involves making an explicit request for other packages.

No, it doesn't. That's the exact distinction between "explicit" and
"implicit".

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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