Depends vs. Recommends (Was: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit)

2006-07-16 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Adam Borowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 10:11:41AM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: >> >> I agree that that is a common type of file to recover, so that would >> make it more appropriate to Recommend cpio rather than Suggest. > > "a common type"? Come on, that's not just

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Martin Wuertele [Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:24:38 +0200]: > > > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > No need to mension it at all (skipping woody): ^^ Hopefully it == "the version" :) As Henning, I

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-13 16:48]: > [Martin Wuertele] > > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > > > > No need to mension it in the description, that's what dependencies > > are for. > > Presumably he intends to

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) > On Jul 13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's >> entirely appropriate to explain why in the description. > README.Debian maybe, but not in the description... The package desc

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's > entirely appropriate to explain why in the description. README.Debian maybe, but not in the description... -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Martin Wuertele] > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > > No need to mension it in the description, that's what dependencies > are for. Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's entirely appropriate to explain

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-13 15:54]: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: gzrt > Version : 0.4 > Upstream Author : Aaron M. Renn > * URL : http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/hacking/gzrt/ > * Licen

Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Wise
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: gzrt Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : Aaron M. Renn * URL : http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/hacking/gzrt/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : gzip recover