[Pkg-netmeasure-discuss] Bug#974854: Bug#974854: flent: please relax to recommend (not depend on) python3-pyqt5

[Toke Høiland-Jørgensen]

Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> writes:

> flent provides both console and GUI tools in same project.
> The GUI tool is coded to fail gracefully if python3-pyqt5 is unavailable.
>
> Please relax to recommend (not depend on) python3-pyqt5,
> allowing installation on a headless system without pulling in ~400MB
> of unused packages.

Erm, the package already has python3-pyqt5 as a 'recommends'?

IIRC 'apt' will default to installing recommends, though, so you'll need
to use --no-install-recommends to avoid pulling those in...