Package: sane-utils Version: 1.0.27-1~experimental1 sane-utils recommends sane-backends-extra but…
sane-backends-extra has been orphaned for years. It contains 2 drivers, 1 for the Nikon CoolScan 5000 and the other (genius-vp2) for the Genius ColorPage-Vivid Pro II but the geniusvp2 driver has been disabled by default for a decade. The definition of Recommends from Debian Policy 7.2 is "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." I don't believe that the Recommends is appropriate here. Also, this would allow Ubuntu to sync sane-backends-extra directly from Debian. (sane-backends-extra is in 'universe' and it is not permitted for a 'main' package to depend on a 'universe' package.) Thanks, Jeremy Bicha
