Package: apt
Severity: wishlist
Hello,
I recently came across a situation where I wanted to use a Recommends:
instead of a Depends: for some specific use cases (the recommended
package had a lot of deps), but wanted to be extremely sure that the
recommended package did not unwittingly removed (causing annoying bug
reports because of partially degraded functionality). It would be great
if users were told when a package is not just some randomly installed
package with no dependencies, but instead something that another
package uses, you know?
Basically along side the "These packages will be REMOVED" type lists,
something along the lines of "These packages will not have their
recommendations satisfied" with the list of packages.
Is this something that would be good UX-wise in your opinion?
If it is an appropiate feature, any tips on where to look first to get
it implemented?
Thanks a ton,
--
Cameron Norman
