Hi Ian,
On 12-06-18 17:51, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Paul Gevers writes ("autopkgtest needs-recommends [Was Re: autopkgtest: versioned triggers and fixing "Test dependencies are unsatisfiable with using apt pinning"]"):
>> tl;dr: autopkgtest restriction "needs-recommends" and using aspcud
>> solver is horror. How to move forward?
> ...
>> 2) Stop supporting needs-recommends and use the aspcud solver in a way
>> similar to what I implemented on salsa. Clearly this restriction has
>> been out there for a while. Will be painful for some (how many?)
>> packages as their autopkgtest will suddenly break.
>
> I don't understand the history of the needs-recommends restriction,
> but can't it be worked around in each package by explicitly listing
> the needed recommends as direct test dependencies ?
Yes. That is the work-around that would be required to deprecate this
restriction.
Paul
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