#670767 Please change recommends of mail-transport-agent to suggests

Package:
darcs
Source:
darcs
Description:
distributed, interactive, smart revision control system
Submitter:
Josh Triplett
Date:
2023-01-21 12:36:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#670767#3
Date:
2012-04-28 20:02:58 UTC
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darcs has extensive functionality unrelated to sending mail.  None of
the version-control functionality depends on an MTA.  Only "darcs send"
uses an MTA, and even it doesn't *require* one; it can also save a patch
bundle to a file.

Given this, please consider changing the recommends of a
mail-transport-agent to a suggests, so that users installing darcs don't
get an MTA installed by default if they don't otherwise need one.

- Josh Triplett
#670767#8
Date:
2015-11-06 15:55:33 UTC
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Since darcs 2.10 [1], the command "darcs send" no longer sends an
email by default, but generates a patch bundle for later use.  It is
still possible to revert to the old behaviour with "darcs send
--mail". We kind of acknowledged that users usually don't have (or
don't want to have) an mta.

So I agree with this bug report. The darcs package should only suggest
"default-mta | mail-transport-agent" instead of recommending them.

Guillaume

[1] http://darcs.net/Releases/2.10#user-interface
#670767#19
Date:
2023-01-21 12:32:16 UTC
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close 670767 2.10.1-7
thanks