To me sounds wrong the concept, why we should hide this check to
the users ?
I have seen recently too many wrong dependencies pullings extra
unnecessary packages. I prefer to have users that could note the
issue and complain instead of installing "everything but the kitchen sink"
behind their back.
Did you (and Ken) get me wrong, by any chance?
What I was trying to say is *not* to remove the dependency dialog. What
I was trying to say is *only* to remove the check box in that dialog,
which allows to install the selected packages without their dependencies.
Just this check box.
Such a check-box, or its equivalent on the command line, doesn't exist
in other installers either. Giving the choice to install without the
dependencies is in 99% of the cases wrong.
If you install package A on Fedora, the installer will tell you it has
to install packages B, C, and D, to fullfill the dependencies for A.
The choice you have is to install A, B, C and D, or nothing at all.
There's no choice to install package A alone, which is what this
check box allows.
Again, the dialog itself is fine. The choice to install without the
deps usually is not. *Iff* it's fine, then only for users who know
what they are doing.
As for the dialog itself, I just think it would make sense to fullfil
deps of Base packages automatically. If the user chooses to install
other packages outside Base, and these packages have additional deps,
then *of course* the additional deps should show up in that dialog.
Does that clarify what I mean? I'm sorry if my original mail was
unclear.