Bug#305945: gnome-media: Please reopen

[Loïc Minier]

        Hi,

On lun, fév 20, 2006, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote:
> I used apt-get in this case, but I don't remember ever installing 
> alsa-base specifically.

 FYI, apt-get is not meant to be an end-user / day-to-day package
 manager, but I do agree that it is a bug in apt-get.

> Still, I wouldn't expect missing functionality like this (which seems 
> quite basic), when not installing a Recommends: package. But then again, 
> I'm not sure how it can be fixed if you can't let it depend on it.

 I think you misunderstood the importance of Recommends:
    Recommends

        This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.

        The Recommends field should list packages that would be found
        together with this one in all but unusual installations.

 (Debian Policy 7.2)

 I filed bugs against dselect and synaptic already because they didn't
 honor recommends in the default configuration on installs or upgrades.

  Cheers,

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Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>
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