Debian Bug report logs - #393528
dpkg: Add support to annotate Recommends/Suggests rationale in binary package

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Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: "Jason Spiro" <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:48:36 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version dpkg/1.13.21

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#393528; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to "Jason Spiro" <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>. (full text, mbox, link).

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From: "Jason Spiro" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:56:36 -0400
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.21
Severity: wishlist

It would be great if package maintainers were permitted to offer a
rationale whenever a developer Recommend or Suggest a package
dependency. Then, hopefully synaptic and aptitude could show these
rationales so I could decide more easily if I really need the
dependency or not.

Changed Bug title. Request was from Nicolas François <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (full text, mbox, link).

Changed Bug title to 'dpkg: Add support to annotate Recommends/Suggests rationale in binary package' from 'A method for documenting Recommend or Suggest could help users to decide using a dependency'. Request was from Guillem Jover <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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