[Pkg-pascal-devel] FPC Dependencies in package -17

[Paul Gevers]

Hi David,

On 01-12-2022 13:11, David Bannon wrote:
> |Yep, just confirming, that worked as expected. By configuring apt to 
> NOT install Recommended,

Please be aware, that while this is the correct behavior for a build 
environment, it's *not* the recommended setting for a user environment.

Debian policy [1] says:
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.

Maintainers expect you to install the Recommends if you install their 
package.

Paul

[1] 
file:///usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ch-relationships.html#binary-dependencies-depends-recommends-suggests-enhances-pre-depends
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