A possible change of direction for Foresight Linux [LWN.net]

A possible change of direction for Foresight Linux

Posted Aug 16, 2009 14:56 UTC (Sun) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: A possible change of direction for Foresight Linux by Frej
Parent article: A possible change of direction for Foresight Linux

Several uses:

1. Allowing a package to "depend" on packages not in the repository.
2. "Unimportant" dependencies will be the first thing dropped to save space.

Package management tools tend (e.g.: usually default to-) install "Recommend" type of dependency by default unless it causes a conflict or some other problem.

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