On 28.01.2016 17:03, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
i am the Uploader who maintains the ./debian repository of
libburn, libisofs, and libisoburn (not the Maintainer who uploads).
When i took over, i asked for advise about "Multi-Arch:" and
"Pre-Depends:"
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/09/msg00403.html
I got clear statements not to use them from Niels Thykier, Jakub Wilk,
and Santiago Vila:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/09/msg00408.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/09/msg00409.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/09/msg00416.html
Wookey had some mild scruples:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/09/msg00419.html
So we would have to discuss the topic again on debian-mentors
before i noob will override the opinion of the experts.
all these comments are about the Pre-Depends field. and I can't see anything
that explicitly forbids this at this point of time. This attribute doesn't hurt
for now, hundreds of packages still have it. I think nobody questions to make
library packages M-A same.
Matthias
