:: Re: [Dng] Use/misuse of depends
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著者: Joel Roth
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To: dng
題目: Re: [Dng] Use/misuse of depends
cyteen wrote:
> I was wondering about the policy of some packagers to use depends rather
> than recommends in a case where an upstream source has added support for,
> but not a reliance on, some service. I can understand that a build-dep on
> the dev package would be seem desirable but in the case of pulseaudio and
> avahi for instance it makes them almost impossible to remove without gutting
> your system.
>
> I understand that these may not be at the top of devuans agenda but I'm
> interested in the general policy to be taken it someone were to undertake to
> repackage more reasonably.


Also, I recall that in a default Debian install, recommended
packages are pulled in by default. A setting change makes it
possible to only pull in the package dependencies.


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Joel Roth