On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:30 AM Jaroslav Mracek <jmra...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > 2. What happens if package P (already installed on the user's system) > > starts recommending package Q (not installed on the user's system)? Will > Q > > get auto-installed together with P's update, or not? I believe it's > > important to keep auto-installation enabled for *new* weak relationships. > > New weak dependencies of package P are installed. > Installed P-1-1.noarch (no recommends) > Available P-1-2.noarch (recommends ddd) will install ddd on upgrade if > possible. > > > 3. Similarly to above (perhaps exactly the same case), what happens when > > package Q (not installed) starts supplementing package P (installed), > will > > it get auto-installed or not? > > No, Q will be not installed. With supplements it is difficult to known > when it appears, because that information is not on RPMDB. > While it makes sense technically, this might be quite confusing for packagers. Up until now I think there were no real-world differences between forward (recommends) and backward (supplements) dependencies. This (and also the first answer) should get documented in the Change proposal and in the packaging guidelines [1]. Can you please add an action item to the proposal to adjust relevant Fedora docs? [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/WeakDependencies/
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