[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#684029: Bug#684029: ia32-libs-i386: Please, downgrade ldap depends to recommends

[Julien Cristau]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:16:36 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 12:28:35PM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> > Package: ia32-libs-i386
> > Version: 20120701
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Currently, ia32-libs-i386 depends on
> >  libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.23-7.2)
> >  libnss-ldap (>= 264-2.2)
> >  libpam-ldap (>= 184-8.5)
> > 
> > I understand that, on systems where ldap is installed on the main (amd64)
> > architecture, installing the corresponding i386 packages is required.
> >   However, when the main architecture does not have any ldap infrastructure
> > installed (most laptops for example), we are required to install packages
> > that ask "strange" questions (ldap base, ...) and that reconfigure
> > /etc/nsswitch.
> > 
> >   Would it be possible to downgrade the Depends to a Recommends (at least)
> > with a corresponding Breaks (<< old-versions) if needed?
> >   If this is possible (I did not test), I think this should be applied to
> > the wheezy package.
> > 
> >   Regards,
> >     Vincent
> 
> Dear release team,
> 
> would such a change (moving the 3 packages from Depends to Recommends) be
> suitable for a freeze exception?
> 
Wouldn't Recommends be just as wrong?  Especially as those packages are
recommended against AFAIK
(http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#new-ldap).

Cheers,
Julien
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