On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:26:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:24:21PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > The release policy states: "Packages in main cannot require any software > > outside of main for execution or compilation." A recommendation is not a > > requirement; I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are not > > release-critical. > > Oops: "I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are > release-critical."
Policy disagrees with you.
2.2.1. The main section
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Every package in _main_ and _non-US/main_ must comply with the DFSG
(Debian Free Software Guidelines).
In addition, the packages in _main_
* must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or
execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends",
"Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-_main_
package),
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