Hi Mike, Carles,

Mike Gabriel schreef op do 13-11-2025 om 08:20 [+0000]:
> Hi Carles, hi Frans,
> 
> 
> Please wait! In Debian blends (which Debian Edu is one variant of,  
> esp. the education-*-* packages), the Suggests: field is  
> programmatically used for software that is not available in Debian  
> testing. This could imply that the software is not in Debian, but we 
> could reintroduce it at some later point in time.
> 
> So, I'd actually vote for ignoring the Suggests: field in  
> education-*-* packages and leave the packages in there. In fact, I
> am  
> currently involved in a packaging project where we might bring more  
> Edu software (back) into Debian. If xtide has returned, we simply
> need  
> to update debian-edu src:pkg and xtide jumps back into the
> Recommends:  
> field.

Oh, I see, I was'nt aware of it.
So, the best thing to do is to reintroduce the Suggests on xtide and
xtide-data and to reopen Bug#1118016, I guess. Isn't it? 



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Kind regards,
Frans Spiesschaert

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