PackageKit in Fedora 15 (beta)

[Kevin Kofler]

Daniel Mach wrote:
>  From my POV, RPM Requires should contain only deps which are *required*
> for a particular package. Suggests/Recommends is really missing

AIUI, Suggests/Recommends was almost accepted in rpm.org (BTW, rpm5.org has 
had it for ages), but the yum developers blocked it. :-/

IMHO we really need Suggests/Recommends support!

> and enforcing these kinds of deps via Requires is evil. What you should do
> now is to add such packages into a single comps group so they get
> installed together or create a meta-package that pulls all packages that
> *should* be installed together.

The problem with comps is that it only works for new installs, not for 
upgrades.

        Kevin Kofler