Bug#387049: closed by Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org> (Bug#387049: fixed in meta-gnome2 1:2.14.3.1)

Per Olofsson pelle at debian.org
Tue Sep 19 19:38:45 UTC 2006


Loïc Minier:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006, Per Olofsson wrote:
> > >  Grmpf.  I think a Recommends is more appropriate, and I also think that
> > >  this is a bug in tasksel.
> > If you say so. I'll try to solve the problem in some other way then.
> 
>  I've cloned the bug already; meaning I still consider the original bug
>  a bug.  I will change meta-gnome2 at your request again, I simply
>  forgot about tasksel not following Recommends.

Ah, I see. Great!

> > Come to think of it, tasksel pulling in Recommends isn't such a bad
> > idea.
> 
>  This might be partly by design, as Recommends are a bit too common in
>  the archive at some places.  Ubuntu started the process of fixing some
>  and the "apt" version which will enforce this is in Debian's
>  experimental as well, so I suppose at some point the tasksel maintainer
>  will see a lot of people breathing behind his neck.  :)

Yeah, well that is a welcome change. As you say, Recommends: are too
common currently, and that is a bug which should be fixed.

-- 
Pelle





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