Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (148 mails)

[Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@xxxxxxx>]

* Katarina Machalkova <kmachalkova@xxxxxxx> [Mar 28. 2008 09:25]:
> I must admit I don't quite understand what does all this mean. 'Recommended' 
> means that the package will be installed, but user is free to decide not to 
> install it later on?

Right. Its a 'weak requires'.
See
http://en.opensuse.org/Software_Management/Dependencies
for a more elaborate explanation.


Suggest is meant as a 'hint to the application, resp. the user' of
related packages. Just like Amazons 'Customer who bought this also bought ...'.

General rule:

Required: Package is marked for installation, de-selection will result in error
Recommended: Package is marked for installation, de-selection is allowed
Suggested: Package is _not_ marked for installation, application is
           free to show them as 'related'

> Why am I asking: should these new states be somehow reflected in User 
> Interface e.g by icons or status symbols? Or is this meant to be transparent 
> to the user - package is marked for installation and the user does not need 
> to know whether it is because it was 'recommended' or because of something 
> else.

It would be helpful to reflect these states and have a "ignore
recommends" configuration option for customers requesting a minimal
installation.


Klaus
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