(no my name is not Thomas ... :-) ) > Hi, > > quoting the subject: > > | /usr/sbin/faimond: missing dependency: /usr/sbin/faimond needs > | package 'libproc-daemon-perl'. It is listed as 'suggested', but > | without it the application will not run. > > Thomas, I consider this bug qualifies as RC-bug that should be fixed > within the 3.4.x release for squeeze. Do you agree? If so I'd take > care of it. >
Well, apparently Thomas hasn't yet found the time to reply. If I remember correctly, we discussed the depends vs. suggests at some earlier FAI workshop. Looking at Debian policy (Sec 7.2) I see: Depends: "... depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality." Well, whether faimond is a significant amount of functionality or not is up to the maintainer (Thomas) to decide. In this case, he decided it is not all that significant. Suggests: "... package may be more useful with one or more others." IMHO this is pretty reasonable. I'd see two options, and I think it will still be up to Thomas and the original submitter to decide: - Use "Recommends" as a compromise. - Tag this bug wontfix (and close it at some point). Best, Michael
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