On 04/17/2018 09:21 AM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
"It is my understanding that is a RC bug for package to recommend a library that has been removed from Testing because recommended packages won't be auto-removed on upgrade."
Neither will Suggested: packages, by the way, depending on APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant (which defaults to true), at least according to [1]. At least in Aptitude; not sure about other frontends. So that doesn't seem like a reason for RC-ness.
Main is supposed to be self-contained, though; so if a package barely works or loses most of its functionality without non-main software, that'd seem RC. If it's just one feature, though, not sure it really is — though maybe it should be a Suggests and not a Recommends.
[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s05s05.en.html| |