On 24 January 2015 at 08:04, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi Dave! > > On 2015-01-24 01:21, Dave Kokandy wrote: >> I am getting started with bug management in Lubuntu, and one bug seems >> like it would be fixed by making the package file-roller depend on >> "yelp" (currently recommended, but not required). >> >> That bug is 1409185: "File Roller help is missing in Lubuntu" >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1409185 > > I thought that recommends were installed by default. Maybe I was wrong, > or maybe Lubuntu is an exception in this respect. >
seeds can choose whether to install recommends or not. lubuntu is one flavour that chooses not to. >> Is that something that could be made a dependency? Or is that not >> possible because the help section is not core to the function of the app? > if you want that on CD discuss it with lubuntu leads to include it in the lubuntu seed. see launchpad.net/ubuntu-seeds > It's technically possible indeed. The question is whether those who > prepare Lubuntu have excluded yelp (and other recommends) deliberately > for some reason. > >> Or, if not, could another solution be to give a more clear error message >> explaining that the reason help cannot load is because "yelp" is missing? > > Another possible solution, indeed. > >> Thank you for reading this email. If this is not the appropriate venue >> for this question, please let me know. > > Normally a bug report is sufficient to find out a solution. But your > post here is no problem. Hey, it called my attention to the issue and > gave me the opportunity to add another task to the bug report. ;) > > -- > Gunnar Hjalmarsson > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Regards, Dimitri. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
