On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 05:28:23PM -0400, David Golden wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> > On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
> >
> >> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional
> >> dependencies. Perhaps we could have bot
-=| Graham Barr, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:43:42AM -0500 |=-
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
> >09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests'
> >
> >Proposal:
> >
> >The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The
> >intent
> >should be made clear for auth
-=| David Golden, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 05:28:23PM -0400 |=-
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> > On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
> >
> >> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional
> >> dependencies. Perhaps we could have both,
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Zefram wrote:
> David Golden wrote:
>>The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The intent
>>should be made clear for authors and the toolchain. If the Debian
>>definitions are adopted to better match usage by packagers, a 'suggests'
>>field s
David Golden wrote:
>The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The intent
>should be made clear for authors and the toolchain. If the Debian
>definitions are adopted to better match usage by packagers, a 'suggests'
>field should be added as well. (Adam Kennedy)
There's too li
On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:28 PM, David Golden wrote:
-1 I'd always have to try to remember which is which, because they
are so
similarly named. The names really should be very different. Perhaps
"recommends" as currently implemented, and "prefers" for stuff
that's not
required but you'd rather ha
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
>
>> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional
>> dependencies. Perhaps we could have both, where 'suggests' implies the
>> toolchain should ask whether the use
On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
* 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list
optional
dependencies. Perhaps we could have both, where 'suggests' implies
the
toolchain should ask whether the user wishes to install listed
dependencies, and 'recommends' simp
Excerpts from Graham Barr's message of Fri Oct 09 09:43:42 -0400 2009:
> one option could be though that the failure for a recommended dependency to
> install could still allow the dependent to install
On one hand, maybe this would be useful for things that e.g. offer a mod_perl
interface, and wo
On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:46 AM, David Golden wrote:
09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests'
Proposal:
The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The
intent
should be made clear for authors and the toolchain. If the Debian
definitions are adopted to better match
09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests'
Proposal:
The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The intent
should be made clear for authors and the toolchain. If the Debian
definitions are adopted to better match usage by packagers, a 'suggests'
field should be add
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