[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#515186: xfdesktop4: Please only recommend xfce4-utils

[Elrond]

Package: xfdesktop4
Version: 4.4.2-7
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

xfdesktop4 currently depends on xfce4-utils. This is so
some of the menu entries work in the xfce menus.

I forcibly deinstalled xfce4-utils and the major parts of
xfdesktop4 package can still be used:
- The menu plugin in xfce4-panel works
  (except of course the few entries, where the program is
  missing)
- All shipped programs seem to work fine:
  xfce4-popup-menu, xfdesktop, xfce4-menueditor

Note: thunar (needed for the "File Manager" menu item)
already is only Recommended. So I think, this is fine for
xfce4-utils too.


The Policy Manaul about Recommends:

     `Recommends'
          This declares a strong, but not absolute,
          dependency.

          The `Recommends' field should list packages that
          would be found together with this one in all but
          unusual installations.

In other words: Anyone not installing a "Recommends"
accepts a small breakage. In this case the breakage is "not
working menu items". Not good, but "unusual installation"
is a perfect term.


    Elrond