* Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org> [200622 15:42]: > > 'm adding the maintainers of util-linux (bsdextrautils) and > > bsdmainutils > > to Cc. Which path forward do you see for this issue? A similar issue > > seems to affect many packages, such as: > > ... > > It seems to me there are two options here, either we ask all those > packages to change the dependency or we force bsdextrautils > installation by making bsdmainutils depend on it. > > When changing the package I decided against a hard dependency because > it forces people to install something even if they don't need/want it > without a technical reason. > > And quite frankly I think the build dependency should be to the package > that is needed directly and not through another one.
Indeed, if you need col/colcrt/..., please explicitly (Build-)Depend on it. Reducing the installed package set is useful. Chris
