Bug#515214: Bug#523960: equivs is surely not the solution to this problem. "Recommends:" is.

2009-09-29 Thread Pierre Ynard
Hello David, > All of that said, it's very likely that we will downgrade the depends > to recommends, just not right now. We have actual important bugs like > totally broken installs that we want to deal with first. It's been 5 months since then, could you please give us an update on this? I'm s

Bug#515214: Bug#523960: equivs is surely not the solution to this problem. "Recommends:" is.

2009-04-22 Thread Alexander Clouter
Hi, Just following up to David Nusinow comment (not directed at him but this seems to be where the main defencive stance on this seems to be): > X.org not only runs on fat workstations but also on embedded device > where you as less abstraction layers and diskspace used as possible. > Debian

Bug#515214: Bug#523960: equivs is surely not the solution to this problem. "Recommends:" is.

2009-04-15 Thread David Nusinow
Axel Beckert wrote: I really can't understand how someone can suggest to fake packages using equivs instead of using the "Recommends:" header as it's thought. The Policy says in 7.2 very clearly "in all but unusual installations", so nobody can't use users "who just want it work" as argument. De

Bug#515214: Bug#523960: equivs is surely not the solution to this problem. "Recommends:" is.

2009-04-15 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 20:24 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > I herewith vote for demoting hal (#515214) and console-setup (#523960) > to recommends. THIS IS NOT A FUCKING VOTE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..