FYI, why debian/control::Recommends is used in place of Depends
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The Policy disallows any package for requiring fonts prior
installing the software:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/07/msg00173.html
"This is because the X server may retrieve fonts from the
local file system or over the network from an X font server;
the Debian package system is empowered to deal only with the
local file system."
For more information in same thread later:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2008/07/msg00176.html
The reason for the Policy requirement for Recommends is to
enable font servers and not require all the fonts be installed
locally when you're running a font server.
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