-=| Graham Barr, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:43:42AM -0500 |=- > On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:46 AM, David Golden wrote: > >09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests' > > > >Proposal: > > > >The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The > >intent > >should be made clear for authors and the toolchain. If the Debian > >definitions are adopted to better match usage by packagers, a > >'suggests' > >field should be added as well. (Adam Kennedy)
+1 to the part that whatever the new flags are, their intent shall be clearly defined. There is no problem if the meaning doesn't match Debian's. We'd use there is out packaging helper, and we could learn it how to translate from META meaning to Debian meaning. The result is to be inspected by a human anyway. -- dam
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