On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 00:36:22 +0200
Franco Lanza <nextime@???> wrote:

> 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?

I would be all in favour; hoping to limit the bloat, I have had for years

# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/40nosuggestrecommends
Apt::Install-Suggests false;
Apt::Install-Recommends false;

Cheers,

Ron.
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