[Bug 640422] Re: gdebi does not install "recommends" dependencies

[Luca Falavigna]

** Project changed: gdebi => python-apt

** Also affects: python-apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Project changed: python-apt => null

** Summary changed:

- gdebi does not install "recommends" dependencies
+ does not install "recommends" dependencies

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Title:
  does not install "recommends" dependencies

Status in NULL Project:
  Confirmed
Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you use gdebi to install a .deb that has "recommends" dependencies,
  those dependencies will not be installed.  apt-get has installed such
  dependencies by default for a while (since Debian lenny). The
  inconsistency of gdebi's behavior is annoying to package authors who
  would like to use "recommends" dependencies to describe packages that
  are not absolute dependencies, but are indeed highly recommended.
  Novice users on ubuntu might often encounter gdebi by clicking on
  package download links in their web browser, and for such users it
  seems best to default to installing the "recommends" dependencies.

  Steps to reproduce:

  1. Find a .deb with "recommends" dependencies
  2. Make sure that those dependencies are not already present on the test system.
  3. Use gdebi to install the .deb
  4. Observe that the "recommends" dependecies don't get installed.

  What I think should happen:

  The "recommends" dependencies should be installed.