On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:48 AM, Andreas Noteng <andr...@noteng.no> wrote: > On 17. feb. 2014 23:26, Vincent Cheng wrote: >> >> ...A package in main must not depend or recommend a non-main package >> (in this case, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, which is in contrib). Refer >> to Policy 2.2.1. > > Thanks. I knew depend was not OK but believed recommends was. But, according > to 2.2.1 suggests is ok, right? > Pyspread works just fine without ttf-mscorefonts-installer, so I guess > suggests would be a better choice anyway. The tests will fail without the > package though. Is it OK to include ttf-mscorefonts-installer as a test > dependency in debian/tests/control ?
Suggests is fine, yes. I don't really know how autopkgtests work, but if they're run automatically during the build process like dh_auto_test, then that would cause your package to FTBFS. Can you modify the tests so that they work with other fonts, or disable the offending tests entirely? Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tB=sp9mbovedu9hyabdfybcrztbrestecjtwricycc...@mail.gmail.com
