On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 19:56:05 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > 1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints.
> > {aggravated by treating "recommends" as "depends"}
>
> If you are referring to package maintainers declaring Depends on other
> packages where it should be just a Recommends, do note it is often a
> side effect of users disabling automatic installation of Recommends and
> then complaining about missing functionality.
I believe the OP is referring to debootstrap's inability to install only
Depends:.
--
Brian.
