Josselin Mouette writes ("Conditional Recommends"):
> Therefore, I?m wondering whether it would be possible to extend the
> syntax of Recommends to allow for conditional dependencies. For example,
> in this case:
> Package: A
> Recommends: A-plugin-B {B}
> APT would be made to install A-plugin-B by default, but only if B is
> installed too. In addition, it would also have to install it while
> pulling B if A is already here.
Simpler than this, and simpler than constructions involving negations
(which would be very troublesome for the resolution algorithms), would
be:
Package: A-plugin-B
Depends: A, B
Recommended-When: A, B
Ian.
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