On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 01:17:53PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Florian Weimer [Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:26:30 +0100]:
> > * Luca Capello: > > > I'm in the process of debianize some CL software [1] and I've the same > > > problem as bug #328423: some extra features of the package needs other > > > packages to be installed, so I don't know if the package should use > > > Suggests or Recommends. > > Use Recommends: if the functionality added by the recommended package > > is not too obscure and it's in the same section. Suggests: is mainly > > a way to bypass the same-section restriction in the policy. > No, not really. There are lots of legitimate use-cases for suggests, > specially if we are trying to encourage the "install recommends by > default" as a default (and sane for normal users) behavior. > Also, just FYI, from http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt: > 2. Dependencies > Packages in main cannot require any software outside of main > for execution or compilation. > "Recommends:" lines do not count as requirements. > Not that I agree, but that's what it says at the moment. That means that a broken Recommends: is not release-critical. It doesn't mean that a broken Recommends: is not a bug. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]