On lun, 2009-02-16 at 08:41 +0100, Xr wrote:
> I tend to disagree. I hardly ever install recommended packages and never
> see anything break. Missing functionalities are OK, but not breakage.
> I'm not really against putting xfce4-utils in the "Recommends" field,
> but it shouldn't break anything. If it breaks anything, then the package
> should depend on it.

Well, that's the point since the beginning. What's a “missing
functionality” and what a “breakage”. And basically in some case it's
not possible to please everyone. (and Recommends: are installed by
default, if you don't install them it was a choice and they are
displayed as Recommended anyway)

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis




--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Reply via email to