On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 09:26:38AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 0b3c1a1..06c1fdc 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -476,9 +476,12 @@ > <item> > must not require a package outside of <em>main</em> > for compilation or execution (thus, the package must > - not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or > - "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-<em>main</em> > - package), > + not declare a <tt>Pre-Depends</tt>, <tt>Depends</tt>, > + <tt>Recommends</tt>, <tt>Build-Depends</tt>, > + or <tt>Build-Depends-Indep</tt> relationship on a > + non-<em>main</em> package unless that package is only > + listed as a non-default alternative for a package > + in <em>main</em), > </item> > <item> > must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them,
Does that allow to add dependencies on packages that exist only in non-Debian repositories as 'non-default alternative' ? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100722213844.gj9...@yellowpig
