> Note that you can still uninstall gnucash-docs, since it is not a strong
> dependency (contrary to what you said in the bug title)
Recommends is a strong dependency according to Debian policy:
"Recommends
This declares a *strong*, but not absolute, dependency.
The Recommends field should list packages that would be found
together with this one in all but unusual installations.
Suggests
This is used to declare that one package may be more useful with one or
more others. Using this field tells the packaging system and the user that the
listed packages are related to this one and can perhaps enhance its usefulness,
but that installing this one without them is perfectly reasonable"
- https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
Recommends is for packages that "would be found together.. in all but
unusual installations." IMHO it would not be *unusual* for a user to
install (or want to install) gnucash without the documentation.
Suggests is used for a package where "installing this one without them
is perfectly reasonable". IMHO it would be "perfectly reasonable" to
install gnucash without the documentation (a fact you already
acknowledged - "gnucash is not unusable at all in the absence of the
documentation.")
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