Bug#607970: release-notes: maybe discourage a bit from deactivating the auto-install of recommends
tags 607970 + wheezy patch quit Hi, In January, 2011, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:34:08PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: APT in lenny already defaults to APT::Install-Recommends 1; Maybe we should just remove this paragraph? I agree. Alas, nothing actually came of it. ;) How about this patch for the wheezy notes? Thanks, Jonathan Index: whats-new.dbk === --- whats-new.dbk (revision 9360) +++ whats-new.dbk (working copy) @@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ /para /section -!-- FIXME: REVIEW for wheezy -- section id=pkgmgmt titlePackage management/title para @@ -380,15 +379,6 @@ for package management. /para -para -For releasename; APT automatically installs recommended packages by defaultfootnoteparaThis change implies that disk requirements for tasks selected through the debian installer have increased too. For more information please -see the quoteDisk Space Needed for Tasks/quote chapter in the -ulink url=url-install-manual;Installation Guide/ulink./para/footnote. -This can be changed by adding the following line in -filename/etc/apt/apt.conf/filename: -programlistingAPT::Install-Recommends false;/programlisting -/para - programlisting condition=fixme TODO: Do we have to mention dpkg triggers here or elsewhere? /programlisting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#607970: release-notes: maybe discourage a bit from deactivating the auto-install of recommends
On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:34:08PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 13:30:39 +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Hi there, the wording of squeeze now installs recommends by default is pretty neutral: | For squeeze APT automatically installs recommended packages by default[2]. This | can be changed by adding the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf: | | APT::Install-Recommends false; Maybe the paragraph should also state that doing so is supported, but that the description of recommends is that those packages should be installed together in usual setups. Maybe this would do? | Please note: The Debian Policy suggests that packages are to be found together | with the recommended ones in all but unusual installations. APT in lenny already defaults to APT::Install-Recommends 1; Maybe we should just remove this paragraph? I agree. By the way, many new configuration files under apt.conf.d preferences.d sources.list.d trusted.gpg.d under /etc/apt/ are new for squeeze as I understand. We may need to adjust text reflecting these new *.d configuration files. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#607970: release-notes: maybe discourage a bit from deactivating the auto-install of recommends
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 13:30:39 +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Hi there, the wording of squeeze now installs recommends by default is pretty neutral: | For squeeze APT automatically installs recommended packages by default[2]. This | can be changed by adding the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf: | | APT::Install-Recommends false; Maybe the paragraph should also state that doing so is supported, but that the description of recommends is that those packages should be installed together in usual setups. Maybe this would do? | Please note: The Debian Policy suggests that packages are to be found together | with the recommended ones in all but unusual installations. APT in lenny already defaults to APT::Install-Recommends 1; Maybe we should just remove this paragraph? Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#607970: release-notes: maybe discourage a bit from deactivating the auto-install of recommends
Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Hi there, the wording of squeeze now installs recommends by default is pretty neutral: | For squeeze APT automatically installs recommended packages by default[2]. This | can be changed by adding the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf: | | APT::Install-Recommends false; Maybe the paragraph should also state that doing so is supported, but that the description of recommends is that those packages should be installed together in usual setups. Maybe this would do? | Please note: The Debian Policy suggests that packages are to be found together | with the recommended ones in all but unusual installations. Kind regards Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
