Bug#681783: Call for votes on Recommends and metapackages

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Don wrote, on the 17th of August:
> With my vote, the outcome is no longer in doubt:
> 
> Ian Jackson:   AF
> Russ Allbery:  AF
> Andreas Barth: AF
> Don Armstrong: AF
> 
> and we adopt the following resolution:
> 
>   Whereas:
> 
>   1. The Technical Committee's view is that the existing policy
>      on Recommends is correct.
> 
>   2. Specifically, we feel that there is nothing inherently wrong with
>      using Recommends in a metapackage.  Any infelicities in package
>      management software's handling of Recommends (in metapackages or
>      more generally) should be treated as bugs.
> 
>   3. It may be that policy could be clarified in this area, for
>      example to make it clear that if a user chooses not to install
>      Recommends, some things may not work, and that that would not be
>      a bug.
> 
>   Therefore:
> 
>   4. We do not make a ruling about the content of policy.
> 
>   5. We advise the policy maintainers to consider how to clarify
>      this, and to make whatever changes they consider appropriate.
> 
> ===========
> 
> Additionally, this bug has been cloned and reassigned to debian-policy
> in accordance with #5. I will send a mail to d-d-a shortly announcing
> this decision.

However he sent his message to 681783-done (only) so it didn't go to
the TC list, so I'm quoting it all here so we have a message on the
-ctte list.

The bug against policy was created by Don cloning #681783 as #685746.

I will send a message to debian-devel-announce.

Ian.