[Bug 485264] Re: devscripts pulls in Postfix by default: Should Suggest instead of Recommend bsd-mailx | mailutils

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** Changed in: devscripts (Debian)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  devscripts pulls in Postfix by default: Should Suggest instead of
  Recommend bsd-mailx | mailutils

Status in “devscripts” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “devscripts” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: devscripts

  Because Recommended packages get installed by default, installing
  devscripts on a fresh install pulls in a complete MTA as an indirect
  result of Recommending these mailers.

  Setting up an MTA is not easy to automate, so users will either be
  pestered with Debconf questions and may need to edit configuration
  files and do testing to get the MTA running succesfully and securely,
  or they will have to manually uninstall it after installing
  devscripts, or they will need to install it with apt-get --no-install-
  recommends and cherry-pick all the other packages they need. This is
  IMHO overkill for most users and defeats the purpose of Recommending
  certain packages.

  All of the utilities which might need access to a mailer are described
  as such in the package description, and all will fail gracefully (as
  far as I can tell) with a descriptive message if one is not available.

  Compare with the reportbug package, whose sole purpose is reporting
  bugs by email, which merely Suggests a mailer.

  Kind regards,

  Alain

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