On 20/09/11 18:36, Greg Madden wrote:

> I am a Squeeze-KDE trinity user.
>
> KDE-trinity does seem to have more depends than I would like to see,  but as long
> as they are recommends or suggestions I have control of what gets installed.
> Afaik 'apt.conf' file will set up a global recommends/suggestion install policy
> for your system. Some package managers are better than others in showing what is
> a recommend or suggestion, i personally like 'dselect'
>
> A DE will function fine without recommends&  suggestions. Increased functionality
> is a personal thing, if you want it you will know it and can install as needed.
>
> As far as a bug I would say not necessarily,  it is a decision someone made, minds
> can change, suggest a different possibility.
>

I use apt-get, which by default installs "recommends". I know how to use 
apt.conf

My point is that sudo, if wanted on a Debian system, is normally 
configured by deliberate user action only and has no apparent reason to 
be a "recommends" of a multimedia application.

Also what has kpackage got to do with multimedia?