On September 22, 2011 12:23:00 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 11-09-22 at 08:19am, Bruce Sass wrote: > > On September 22, 2011 02:50:25 AM Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > * Bruce Sass <bms...@shaw.ca> [2011-09-21 23:18:54 CEST]: > > > > Debian already favours Main packages by default > > > > > > Not if the alternative dependency chain has a non-free package > > > > > > first. I know what you mean with that non-free isn't enabled by > > > default, but the way the dependency chain is written still favours > > > non-free packages by default, when available -- which is the thing > > > you like to emphasis on, but the favour is still the other way > > > round. > > > > I disagree. The only way a non-free package is going to be > > automatically selected is if the sysadmin has added non-Main lines to > > sources.list, and the Maintainer has placed a non-Main package before > > one from Main in the dependency statement--that's two explicit actions > > that need to be taken, compared to zero if non-Main stuff isn't > > wanted. > > Another way a non-free package gets automatically selected is if some > package which conflicts with the free alternative, when the package > containing non-free alternative (no matter the order) is installed.
Wouldn't that be a technical issue, and not something which could be fixed by adjusting the dependency statements or how the tools parse them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201109221615.54767.bms...@shaw.ca