Synaptic : will it still there in Edgy ??

[James "Doc" Livingston]

On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 22:28 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Maybe in the past there was a package depending on it that I installed
> and then removed again.  How would apt know that it's also (optionally)
> used by other programs if it's available?

The "optionally" bit is also hairy. What happens if package X isn't
depended on by anything, but is listed in the recommended list?
suggested?


Cheers,

James "Doc" Livingston
-- 
"25 grams of wafers and 20 ml of wine undergo transubstantiation and
become the flesh and blood of our Lord. How many Joules of heat are
released by the transformation?" --Theological Physics exam, 1997