Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2016-12-26 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Hi Mehdi, good to hear from you. > Ok, so the bug is in the description. Could you please provide a patch which > enhances the descriptions and makes them less confusing? No, sorry. -- Juliusz

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2016-12-26 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
I thought we could finish 2016 with a nice discussion with Juliusz :-) On 25/01/2011 19:25, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > > While I have read the long descriptions after becoming confused by the > short descriptions, and hence before sending the report, as you suggest > above, I fail to see what

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2011-01-25 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
reopen 610835 thanks Since there's no answer from Ralf to my request to reopen this bug, I'm reopening it myself. do *you* read the detailed package description when you need to install a compiler? I do before complaining in a bug report. I'm not sure I follow your logic, Stéphane. I'm

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2011-01-24 Thread Stéphane Glondu
Le 24/01/2011 00:23, Juliusz Chroboczek a écrit : So I assume you install automatically recommended packages (the default setting for apt) and suggested packages (not the default). Not to my knowledge. How do I check? $ grep -ri suggest /etc/apt 2/dev/null $ $ apt-config |

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2011-01-23 Thread Stéphane Glondu
Le 23/01/2011 05:28, Juliusz Chroboczek a écrit : I realise I need a Caml compiler. So I say $ sudo apt-get install ocaml ... Need to get 25.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 87.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. The package is pulling in the Caml documentation,

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2011-01-23 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Ralf, that was a little terse, don't you think? Do I have your permission to reopen this bug? Stéphane: So I assume you install automatically recommended packages (the default setting for apt) and suggested packages (not the default). Not to my knowledge. How do I check? $ grep -ri

Bug#610835: Installing caml pulls in half the world

2011-01-22 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Package: ocaml Version: 3.11.2-2 I realise I need a Caml compiler. So I say $ sudo apt-get install ocaml ... Need to get 25.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 87.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. The package is pulling in the Caml documentation, ledit, two different Caml