Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Michail Bachmann
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 03:09, Christopher Martin wrote: On February 1, 2005 18:23, Michail Bachmann wrote: The dependency on ppp changed from Recommends in 3.3.1-2 to Depends in 3.3.2-1. Since KDE ist perfectly useable on a LAN without ppp I dont understand the reason for

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Christopher Martin [Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:09:42 -0500]: If you're on a LAN, why are you using kppp? It would be helpful if you could explain your situation in more detail. $ apt-get install kde ;-) -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 Listening to: Manolo

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Matías Costa
El Miércoles 02 Febrero 2005 10:04, Michail Bachmann escribió: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 03:09, Christopher Martin wrote: On February 1, 2005 18:23, Michail Bachmann wrote: The dependency on ppp changed from Recommends in 3.3.1-2 to Depends in 3.3.2-1. Since KDE ist perfectly

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Christopher Martin
On February 2, 2005 04:04, Michail Bachmann wrote: If you're on a LAN, why are you using kppp? It would be helpful if you could explain your situation in more detail. Because unfortunately there is a dependency relation which leads to kppp: kde-kdenetwork-kppp. OK. Maybe it would be

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Michail Bachmann
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 13:46, Matías Costa wrote: Maybe it would be better if kdenetwork would only recommend kppp and not depend on it, but I can see a rationale in that decision, kdenetwork being a metapackage and used by different kind of users. That's it, you can make happy

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Michail Bachmann [Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:15:51 +0100]: BTW, kppp without ppp is a nice window in your desktop useless. So what? Do I have to use it? You have a point, but: what determines if we put something as Depends or as Recommends is not what will confuse our users less. What

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Christopher Martin
On February 2, 2005 08:36, Michail Bachmann wrote: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 14:11, Christopher Martin wrote: Believe me, we get a ton of reports from new users whose packages don't work because they didn't install the Recommends. But that's not why I made kppp depend on ppp - I did it

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-02 Thread Michail Bachmann
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 15:10, Adeodato Simó wrote: kppp has an _absolute_ dependency on ppp (Christopher says so, and he knows better than I), so there you go with the Depends. OTOH, see Bug#289189 for an example where using Depends: would help some people, but it is not done

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-01 Thread Michail Bachmann
Package: kppp Version: 3.3.2-1 Severity: normal The dependency on ppp changed from Recommends in 3.3.1-2 to Depends in 3.3.2-1. Since KDE ist perfectly useable on a LAN without ppp I dont understand the reason for changing this dependency. CU Micha -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1

Bug#293246: kppp: dependency on ppp

2005-02-01 Thread Christopher Martin
On February 1, 2005 18:23, Michail Bachmann wrote: The dependency on ppp changed from Recommends in 3.3.1-2 to Depends in 3.3.2-1. Since KDE ist perfectly useable on a LAN without ppp I dont understand the reason for changing this dependency. If you're on a LAN, why are you using kppp? It