On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:54:14 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > i presume that a new install via debian-installer does not circumvent > > apt's default behavior. is there any reason to think that this is not > > the case? > > It is disabled during initial installation, but even if it wasn’t, and > even if the default installation included it, I’d still consider > removing libspectre from the dependencies a very bad idea.
wasn't part of the philosophy of moving to "recommends as default" to give user's more power and flexibility in maintaining their system -- specifically if they want to trim out the fat from the stuff that they never/rarely use? > We received several bug reports because of some rhythmbox plugins that > didn’t work when you don’t install the Recommends. Believe me, for > something as fundamental as PostScript support in evince, we would be > drowning under bugs. but that's easy to deal with. just say "thanks for the report. please reinstall with all recommends, $ apt-get --reinstall install evince. see <x> and read <doc> for more info. closing." mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org