Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.debian.user > #212334
| From | Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Don't disable recoomends by default |
| Date | 2019-08-06 20:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <yscGZ-5Ns-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <yj2GR-38A-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <yj30d-3eY-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <yj5v3-4Ok-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <yrSoW-1wV-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <ys2eD-7KL-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 09:32:11 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 10:50:17PM +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> > Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> writes:
> >
> > > Quoting Stephan Seitz (2019-07-12 09:30:38)
>
> [...]
>
> > I have done this for years now, i.e. I have
> >
> > APT::Install-Recommends "false";
> >
> > in /etc/apt/apt.conf and I haven't had any problems, unexpected
> > behavior or non-functional software packages.
>
> So have I. Happy camper. Of course, you've got to know what you're
> doing -- at least a little.
That makes three of us. We can handle the fallout (if any). But the
last thing we want is to deprive many users of a smooth experience
of Debian.
> Honestly I find the strong reactions to this ("anti-pattern", etc.)
> downright disturbing. I'm in free software generally, and in Debian
> particularly, because they don't try to impose things on their
> users. There's far too much authoritarian software out there as
> it is.
>
> Of course, the more you delve under the hood, the more responsibility
> you take for your system, but "do it like this or else" is to me
> the real anti-pattern.
Most users rarely delve under the hood in regards to Recommends:; it
is a non-issue for them. We have the best of both worlds as it stands
at present.
> And now let me get down from my soapbox and hand it over to someone
> else :-)
We'd rather you stayed there to keep us up to the mark. Anyway, we
like the snazzy shirt you are wearing.
--
Brian.
Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
useless languages Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 13:10 +0200
Re: useless languages Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-12 13:10 +0200
Re: useless languages Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-12 13:40 +0200
Re: useless languages Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-12 14:10 +0200
Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-12 14:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@fsing.rootsland.net> - 2019-07-12 14:40 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-12 17:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-07-12 17:30 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 19:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2019-08-05 23:10 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-08-05 23:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 07:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 12:10 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-06 09:40 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 20:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-07 09:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 13:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 15:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 20:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-08-06 21:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-12 14:40 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-12 17:30 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 19:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-07-12 19:30 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 20:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 23:20 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-12 23:40 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2019-07-13 04:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-13 04:30 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2019-08-05 23:10 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-08-05 23:30 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 23:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 06:50 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-13 10:40 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-07-13 14:00 +0200
Re: Don't disable recoomends by default mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-08-06 09:40 +0200
Re: useless languages David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-07-13 04:30 +0200
Re: useless languages Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 09:30 +0200
Re: useless languages Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2019-07-13 16:30 +0200
Re: useless localisation files Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 06:40 +0200
csiph-web