> -----Original Message-----
> From: Franco Lanza [mailto:nextime@nexlab.it]
> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 5:36 PM
> To: dng@???
> Subject: [Dng] What do you guys think about "Suggest" and "Recommends"
> dependency?
>
> Personally on debian i was using from date
>
> APT:Install-Recommends "0";
> APT:Install-Suggests "0";
>
> in all my install apt.conf.
>
> I don't like apt downloading and installing things that are not required
but
> just recommended or suggested, expecially in server or embedded envs, but
> also on my desktop.
>
> What do you think if we make this the default in devuan?


[T.J. ] Personally, I love the idea. However, in certain instances, like
"-dev" packages or "build environments", where the recommended should really
be followed. I'd follow it wherever Perl or Python is involved as well,
even if you aren't working on code, just to make sure everything works
smoothly.