Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:03:00AM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: Od: Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de Just a heads-up that this bug is becoming more important. Today I stumbled upon it when a routine aptitude safe-upgrade wanted to install a whole bunch of new packages, including the jackd sound server, a package which I definitely do _not_ want on my system. It turns out that this happened because the new version of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (which is installed because gnash recommends it, which seems reasonable) depends on libslv2-9. Hi, libslv2-9 is not directly dependent on jackd ,but libslv2-9 recommends slv2-jack package which need jackd. Recommends changed to Suggests is already done in git repo for awhile. git clone git://git.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/slv2.git Can somebody upload it for me please? I don't do stray upload, but I can offer to help maintain the package if you wish. To be most effective (I am involved in more than 100+ packages) I will want to use CDBS for the packaging, and avoid the short-form of debhelper v7. Is it ok that I get more involved: switch from abbrev. dh7 to CDBS and then (obviously) release? Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
Just a heads-up that this bug is becoming more important. Today I stumbled upon it when a routine aptitude safe-upgrade wanted to install a whole bunch of new packages, including the jackd sound server, a package which I definitely do _not_ want on my system. It turns out that this happened because the new version of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (which is installed because gnash recommends it, which seems reasonable) depends on libslv2-9. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
Od: Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de Just a heads-up that this bug is becoming more important. Today I stumbled upon it when a routine aptitude safe-upgrade wanted to install a whole bunch of new packages, including the jackd sound server, a package which I definitely do _not_ want on my system. It turns out that this happened because the new version of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (which is installed because gnash recommends it, which seems reasonable) depends on libslv2-9. Hi, libslv2-9 is not directly dependent on jackd ,but libslv2-9 recommends slv2-jack package which need jackd. Recommends changed to Suggests is already done in git repo for awhile. git clone git://git.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/slv2.git Can somebody upload it for me please? best regards mira -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
Jaromír Mikeš mira.mi...@seznam.cz writes: Od: Julien Cristau jcris...@debian.org Package: libslv2-9 Version: 0.6.6-2 Severity: important new gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad adds an LV2 plugin, and thus depends on libslv2-9. Because that package recommends slv2-jack, this upgrade results in: The following NEW packages will be installed: jackd jackd-firewire libffado1 libfreebob0 libslv2-9 libxml++2.6-2 qjackctl slv2-jack Please drop that recommends, it's absolutely not reasonable for a shared library package. Thanks, Julien Hi, I am going remove Recommends field for libslv2-9. Should be slv2-jack moved to Suggests or just removed? Suggests would be fine. What about libslv2-dev package and Recommends: slv2-doc? While that sounds reasonable, I think it is worth to ask that for the general case on debian-de...@l.d.o. The general problem can be paraphrased: Should a development package libfoo-dev recommend the installation of its accompanying documentation package foo-doc? If yes I'd suggest to add a check for this to lintian. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
Reinhard Tartler schrieb: Suggests would be fine. Same opinion. What about libslv2-dev package and Recommends: slv2-doc? I'd also prefer Suggests here! Fabian -- Dipl.-Phys. Fabian Greffrath Ruhr-Universität Bochum Lehrstuhl für Energieanlagen und Energieprozesstechnik (LEAT) Universitätsstr. 150, IB 3/134 D-44780 Bochum Telefon: +49 (0)234 / 32-26334 Fax: +49 (0)234 / 32-14227 E-Mail: greffr...@leat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#549121: libslv2-9: abusive Recommends
Package: libslv2-9 Version: 0.6.6-2 Severity: important new gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad adds an LV2 plugin, and thus depends on libslv2-9. Because that package recommends slv2-jack, this upgrade results in: The following NEW packages will be installed: jackd jackd-firewire libffado1 libfreebob0 libslv2-9 libxml++2.6-2 qjackctl slv2-jack Please drop that recommends, it's absolutely not reasonable for a shared library package. Thanks, Julien -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libslv2-9 depends on: ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libraptor11.4.19-1 Raptor RDF parser and serializer l ii librasqal10.9.16-1 Rasqal RDF query library ii librdf0 1.0.9-2Redland Resource Description Frame Versions of packages libslv2-9 recommends: pn slv2-jack none (no description available) libslv2-9 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
