Bug#495844: package deviates from standard mail-transport-agent dependency.

[Ondřej Surý]

2008/8/21 Andreas Henriksson <andreas at fatal.se>:
> I see your problem, but on the other hand I don't think the current dep
> expresses it correctly. For anyone who already has an mta installed (which
> is a pretty high risk) the postfix | m-t-a will not do anything like
> you wish for.
>
> I don't know how the package management tools handle this, but I would look
> into how "Dep: exim4 | m-t-a, Recommends: postfix" would be resolved.
> That would in my mind more clearly express what you are after and since
> the package management tools nowadays installs recommends by default chances
> are the user will actually end up with a configuration you guys support
> even if they have a previous mta installed.

And what would that be good for?  To please your aesthetics?  What problem
are trying to solve?

We are happy with dependencies as they are.  Ie. if user already has chosen
his MTA then we do not force anything, if they do not then postfix will be
installed by default.

Ondrej.
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Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>