[ dropping 542095@ ] Hi,
On 2012-07-10 15:32, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mardi 10 juillet 2012 à 17:38 +0900, Miles Bader a écrit : > > What's wrong with Recommends: in that case? It seems to perfectly > > match the "makes life easier for <common but not universal use-case > > XXX>" scenario you describe. > > Recommends is wrong for metapackages because it gets upgrades very > wrong. This is why it is used very marginally. Standards should not depend on implementation details. I see zero reasons why metapackages are (or should be) specific here. Whatever $it that gets upgrades wrong should be fixed instead. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++ GNU/Linux developer, Debian Developer -- 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/20120710135212.GA5107@r500-debian
