[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#485115: Bug#485115: eject to Recommends ?

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On dim, 2008-06-08 at 19:52 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:13:44PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > On dim, 2008-06-08 at 13:13 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > Please could you move eject to Recommends?  I think Depends is
> > > excessive,
> > > since exo-eject is just a part of the package, and not necessarily the
> > > reason we installed it.
> > 
> > People using exo-eject (directly or indirectly) expect it to be
> > installed. As it calls eject, thus the dependency.
> 
> Yes, but exo-eject is part of a package which contains many other things,
> and which is in fact an essential requisite if you want to run Xfce (even
> if you want the bare minimum of Xfce).

Well, I wont argue with you about the dependencies purpose. See policy
if you need it.

> > Why exactly is that
> > annoying you?
> 
> I'm using Xfce on an OLPC; the root filesystem is on a 1 GiB card;  I'm
> really pressed for space, and don't even have a CD drive.

Package: eject
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 332
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Yves-Alexis Perez