* Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041003 17:10]: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 12:44:21PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > You certainly have a good point here. I'm not suggesting to remove > > Recommends; I think the concept of Recommends is good. However, there > > is also a difference between Depends and Recommends. I think what I'd > > like to see is: > > > > Depends -> grave bug > > Recommends -> normal (or important) bug > > Suggests -> minor > > > > Recommends is stronger than Suggests but it doesn't completely break > > the package so imho it shouldn't be RC. > It depends on how strong you expect a Recommends to be. My impression > was, it's a "install the recommended package unless you really know what > you are doing". > > And it's currently supported that in order to aid users a package > management tool might handle recommends like dependencies. If this > should continue to be supported, they have to be treated the same way. I agree here. However, if the RMs also agree. a (RC-)policy clarification would be a nice thing to do. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C