Hi, On 24 Sep 2025 at 12:46:38, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 23.09.25 um 22:42 schrieb Carles Pina i Estany: > > > > Subject: rsyslog-mongodb: recommends mongodb-server which is not in unstable > > Package: rsyslog-mongodb > > Version: 8.2506.0-4 > > Severity: minor > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: package-relations > > > > Dear maintainer, > > > > I see that the package rsyslog-mongodb (version 8.2506.0-4) recommends > > mongodb-server which is not in unstable. > > > > This can be seen in https://packages.debian.org/unstable/rsyslog-mongodb > > . Search for "Package not available". > > > > Should it be dropped or changed? > > I think the Recommends should be dropped as there is no > alternative/successor. > > The mongodb package was removed from the archive [1] after mongodb upstream > had changed its license to SSPL. > > That said, it's probably still useful to keep the rsyslog-mongodb package as > you might want to have a monogdb installed via other means, say a docker > container.
Since the Debian policy in "2.2.1. The main archive area" [1] says: """ In addition, the packages in main * must not require or recommend a package outside of main for compilation or execution (thus, the package must not declare a Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends, Build-Depends, Build-Depends-Indep, or Build-Depends-Arch relationship on a non-main package unless that package is only listed as a non-default alternative for a package in main), """ I think that it should not have "Rcommends: mongodb-server". But, since the Debian Policy does not say anything about "Suggests": perhaps it could suggest "mongodb-server" instead of recommending it? > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947743 > -- Carles Pina i Estany https://carles.pina.cat | [email protected] | [email protected]
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