Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-06-21 Thread Jason Spiro
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:30:28 +0100, Michael Vogt wrote: What I would like to have is a window (like the current Mark additional required changes window) coming up saying: - those dependes must be installed (Depends) - those dependencies should be install (Recommends) with a toggle-box, on

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: Note that I disagree about policy being *extremely* clear about the importance of Recommends. Policy's definition relies on two relative terms, strong and unusual. The only precise definition I can deduce from this is that a

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Loïc Minier a écrit : The choice between the installation or not installation of Recommends is left ultimately by the Policy in the user's hands, but that doesn't leave the choice of supporting Recommends: or not at the level of synaptic. Again, I strongly believe there's no doubt in the

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi, On Wed, Mar 01, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: synaptic permits removal for uncommon situations, but *should* install recommendations by default. I still disagree that it's a bug not to do so though. You disagree that's it's a bug not to implement the dependencies described in

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Michael Vogt
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 04:51:14PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: On Wed, Mar 01, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: synaptic permits removal for uncommon situations, but *should* install recommendations by default. I still disagree that it's a bug not to do so though. You disagree that's it's

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi Michael, On Wed, Mar 01, 2006, Michael Vogt wrote: Sorry for joining so late, my day job keeps me very busy currently. Thanks for joining! Please, the discussion seems to be getting a bit out of hand. Let's relax a bit :) I hope I didn't sound too pushy. I feel quite convinced

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-03-01 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Loïc Minier a écrit : Hi, On Wed, Mar 01, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: synaptic permits removal for uncommon situations, but *should* install recommendations by default. I still disagree that it's a bug not to do so though. You disagree that's it's a bug not to implement

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-02-28 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: could you please clarify exactly which dependency relation is not being handled correctly by synaptic? I would have guessed a recommendation of gstreamer0.10-alsa by rhythmbox, but rhythmbox does not recommend gstreamer0.10-alsa.

Bug#353115: Shouldn't make Recommends useless

2006-02-28 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Loïc Minier a écrit : Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2006, Filipus Klutiero wrote: could you please clarify exactly which dependency relation is not being handled correctly by synaptic? I would have guessed a recommendation of gstreamer0.10-alsa by rhythmbox, but rhythmbox does not recommend