Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Colin Watson]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 07:39:58PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Regarding optional dependencies "recommends" has got it's advantages and
> disadvantages over "suggests". Making it a recommended package unlikely
> would help Bret a lot, if at all. After removing it, he easily could
> reinstall it by accident, at least when making a release upgrade, it
> would reappear.

This is false.  Only new recommends are installed by default during a
dist-upgrade, not existing recommends that have been removed.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]