Miro Hrončok wrote:
> Another thing I'd like to understand from your POV is why would packagers
> actually *need* exactly-versioned Recommends. Could you please give me an
> example use case? I understand why they might *assume they need* it,
> because packaging is complex and this might seem like a reasonable thing
> to do for somebody who's not been following this discussion. The new
> guideline would help explain that, making the things better, not worse.

IMHO, exactly-versioned Recommends are always a mistake, and when a 
maintainer writes:
Recommends: foo = 1.2.3-4
what they really mean, and should write, is:
Recommends: foo
Requires: (foo = 1.2.3-4 if foo)

        Kevin Kofler
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