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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Can I remove locks in TW
From:       Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink <knurpht () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2017-09-26 16:53:48
Message-ID: 18154916.5xxjDGR0Pm () knurpht-hp
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Op dinsdag 26 september 2017 18:50:34 CEST schreef Dominique Leuenberger / 
DimStar:
> On Tue, 2017-09-26 at 12:27 -0400, Todd Rme wrote:
> > > We have three levels in package dependencies:
> > > 
> > > Requires: the application cannot operate without this dependency
> > > Recommends: The application/package is usable, but can miss
> > > features.
> > > It's up to the packagers to get a balance here
> > > Suggests: Additional enhanced features can be added as suggests; An
> > > application can potentially do even more than what a majority
> > > expects
> > > of it.
> > > 
> > > No doubt, though: some packages are a bit eager in recommending
> > > other
> > > things (e.g. xmlto, converting xml files to other formats,
> > > recommending
> > > texlive, really?)
> > 
> > That is not my package, but I personally avoid suggests since there
> > is
> > no support for them in YaST2.  That means they are invisible to most
> > users.
> 
> Adding recommends instead is approching the issue from the wrong angle
> though.
> 
> Let alone that yast DOES show suggests (in the Dependencies tab of a
> package; but one can't pick and chose there)
> 
> So, the goal must be to improve the UI, and not use recommends in place
> of suggests (always keeping in mind: recommends are default auto-
> installed, suggests are to suggest to the user that something else
> might make sense too)
> 
> Cheers
> Dominique

Thank you. This made clear that what I understood was correct. 

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