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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, we don't need pre-emptive downloading of packages without an
explicit user request for installation.

On 13/12/10 11:52, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Like apt-get, USC installs recommended items by default, though you can
> uncheck them in the "Add-ons" section if you want to.

No doubt it's in your head already, but we could do a lot better with
package recommendations than simply looking at the Recommends metadata.
For example, if the user has python-dev installed, and installs libmysql
directly rather than as a dependency, we could recommend the Python
bindings and development libraries. I suspect a lot of this will require
some server-side smarts but it's a fruitful area for us to be exploring.

Mark

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