On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote: > >> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional >> dependencies. Perhaps we could have both, where 'suggests' implies the >> toolchain should ask whether the user wishes to install listed >> dependencies, and 'recommends' simply remains a data-point of >> dependencies that can be used by the distribution, but are not necessary >> for its operation after installation. (Barbie) > > -1 I'd always have to try to remember which is which, because they are so > similarly named. The names really should be very different. Perhaps > "recommends" as currently implemented, and "prefers" for stuff that's not > required but you'd rather have it than not. And then, yes, if a preferred > dependency is not installed, that would not lead to an installation failure.
+1 to David's suggestion. That way we don't have to change recommends, but "prefers" can indicate "you should really install this, but we won't FAIL if you don't". -- David
