[Bug 879683] Re: recommends are listed before reverse depends

[Daniel Hartwig]

Actually the order is somewhat random (for curses only) depending on the
order that APT lists the given dependencies.  On the cmdline it is not
random, but still could be cleaned up a bit.

In any case, this will be changed to a fixed order.  At the moment there
is an implicit "strength" order available:

Enhances, Obsoletes, Replaces, Suggests, Breaks, Conflicts, Recommends,
Depends, PreDepends

but perhaps a - to + order is more suitable:

Obsoletes, Replaces, Breaks, Conflicts, Enhances, Suggests, Recommends,
Depends, PreDepends

The list will start from PreDepends.

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Title:
  recommends are listed before reverse depends

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  the aptitude program in precise now lists recommends before depends
  for reverse dependencies.  This is different from lucid.  Since
  Depends are more important and strict, the old way is the way to go.

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