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Re: [OT] An easier database

From	Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: [OT] An easier database
Date	2018-07-25 12:10 +0200
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On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:49:53AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
[ re pulseaudio ]
>No, it's not a dependency, but it's just one more thing to have to
>deal with, picking over which Recommends make a lot of sense to
>install and which don't; hence the warning.

Apparently Endless¹ implemented a "recommends blacklist" to address a
similar situation. I'm aware of others who have built local empty
packages that conflict against things they never want to install
(systemd iirc). I've never tried either, so I can't vouch for their
efficacy. I wonder if it would be nice for apt to have a feature so that
a user could mark packages "never install".

¹ https://endlessos.com/

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[OT] An easier database Leandro Noferini <lnoferin@cybervalley.org> - 2018-07-22 23:50 +0200
  Re: [OT] An easier database Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-23 00:20 +0200
  Re: [OT] An easier database The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-23 01:20 +0200
    Re: [OT] An easier database David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-23 20:10 +0200
      Re: [OT] An easier database Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-07-24 11:50 +0200
        Re: [OT] An easier database David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-24 18:00 +0200
          Re: [OT] An easier database Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-07-25 12:10 +0200
            Re: Re: [OT] An easier database Clive Standbridge <list-user@tgstandbridges.plus.com> - 2018-07-25 20:40 +0200
              Re: [OT] An easier database Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2018-07-25 21:10 +0200
                Re: [OT] An easier database Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-27 00:50 +0200
  Re: [OT] An easier database David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-07-24 06:20 +0200

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