Debian now installs Recommends by default

Document this and how to disable it using base-installer/install-recommends.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
index d99bc044b..0d0a0a6d4 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
@@ -405,6 +405,35 @@ installation.
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
+<term>base-installer/install-recommends (recommends)</term>
+<listitem><para>
+
+When packages are installed using the package management system, it will
+by default also install packages that are recommended by those packages.
+Recommended packages are not strictly required for the core functionality
+of the selected software, but they do enhance that software and should,
+in the view of the package maintainers, normally be installed together
+with that software.
+
+</para><para>
+
+By setting this option to <userinput>false</userinput>, the package
+management system will be configured to not automatically install such
+<quote>Recommends</quote>, both during the installation and for the
+installed system.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Note that this option allows to have a leaner system, but can also result
+in features being missing that you might normally expect to be available.
+You may have to manually install some of the recommended packages to
+obtain the full functionality you want. This option should therefore only
+be used by very experienced users.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
 <term>debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated</term>
 <listitem><para>