Bug#377106: [Pkg-texlive-maint] Bug#377106: Recommends unavailable packages

[Luk Claes]

severity 377106 important

Norbert Preining wrote:

> Dear Luk!
> 
> On Don, 06 Jul 2006, Luk Claes wrote:
>> Your package recommends passivetex (> 1.25-2) whereas passivetex 1.25-2
>> is in unstable, it also recommends jadetex (> 3.13-6) whereas jadetex
>> 3.13-6 is in unstable and it finally recommends latex-cjk-all which is
>> not in unstable.
> 
> Yes, yes, yes. I don't see any problem with this. The packages do not
> depend on these packages. And latex-cjk should be uploaded soon.

Debian Policy:

2.2.1 The main category

Every package in main must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free Software
Guidelines).

In addition, the packages in main

    * must not require a package outside of main for compilation or
execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends",
or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main package),


> Besides this, I really don't see what is the point of the bug?! Especially ...
> 
>> Severity: important
> 
> "important" seems to be quite over the limit: From debian-devel doc:
>     important
> 	a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package,
> 	without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.
> These recommends do not have a major effect on the usability, in fact
> they have *no* effect on the usability. So I downgraded it to wishlist.

It's rather not RC as the Release Team doesn't consider it RC for now...

Cheers

Luk

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