Comment # 7 on bug 962071 from Fabian Vogt

(In reply to Mariusz Fik from comment #6)
> (In reply to Michael Andres from comment #4)
> > (In reply to Bernhard Wiedemann from comment #2)
> > > but I guess then later a zypper up could still pull in chromium
> > > unless users also do
> > > zypper addlock chromium
> > 
> > Yes, if the package is updated, the new versions recommends are evaluated.
> > 
> > Maybe the package should simply not recommend chromium-browser.
> 
> chromium-pepper-flash works mainly with chromium. So it's natural to
> recommend chromium when installing it (with default zypper settings). It's
> not a strict requirement and can be easily bypassed with --no-recommends.

"mainly" is the keyword here. It also works well together with
freshplayerplugin, opera, vivaldi, etc. so this recommends does not make sense.