Comment # 4 on bug 953522 from Stefan Dirsch

(In reply to Michael Andres from comment #2)
> There's AFAIK an option to request the 'zypper inr' mode in the YAST
> installers option menu (Install Recommended Packages for Already Installed
> Packages). Like you call 'zypper inr', you must explicitly request this.

There is no such option in YaST. Could you explain, how to find it?

(In reply to Michael Andres from comment #3)
> And YES - older YAST versions had this mode enabled by default, which was
> considered to be a bug, because it created zombie-packages (always
> re-installed after deletion). 'inr' is a special operation, performed only
> on request.

Then I consider this a not such a clever decision. Which bug number is this?
Could well be that the changed behaviour created more harm than benefit.