Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2022-01-24 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:06:46AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Maybe the Recommends could be replaced by a Suggests: x11-utils. > By now I didn't even know that there is a tool "luit". It's used (when available and if the locale encoding is not UTF-8) by xterm for quite a while. But it doesn't

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2022-01-24 Thread Harald Dunkel
Maybe the Recommends could be replaced by a Suggests: x11-utils. By now I didn't even know that there is a tool "luit".

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2022-01-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 05:55:37PM +, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > Harald Dunkel writes: > > > Package: xterm > > Version: 333-1 > > > xterm recommends x11-utils. Assuming the default configuration, this > > brings in a huge list of packages unrelated to xterm's main purpose: > >

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2022-01-23 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> On 2018-07-25 10:27:15 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: [Please do not Cc: me, for I’m “on the list,” so to say, and I try to reserve my inbox for private communication only.] > Harald Dunkel writes: > Package: xterm > Version: 333-1 > xterm recommends x11-utils.

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2018-07-27 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 07:15:41AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 10:27:15AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Package: xterm > > Version: 333-1 > > > > xterm recommends x11-utils. Assuming the default configuration, this > > brings in a huge list of packages unrelated to

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2018-07-25 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 10:27:15AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 333-1 > > xterm recommends x11-utils. Assuming the default configuration, this > brings in a huge list of packages unrelated to xterm's main purpose: > Running a shell or another cli program. Sample: > > #

Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests

2018-07-25 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: xterm Version: 333-1 xterm recommends x11-utils. Assuming the default configuration, this brings in a huge list of packages unrelated to xterm's main purpose: Running a shell or another cli program. Sample: # apt install xterm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree