Re: deps: suggest non-free package?
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 14:12:19 -0500, Ossama Othman wrote:
> The tetex-base package suggests tetex-nonfree. Is this okay?
Yes. Suggests: is fine; Recommends: or Depends: isn't. (This rule was used
in one of the scanners in place during slink's freeze).
> I seem to recall that the idea of a free package suggesting a non-free
> package was a big deal several months ago (RMS posts, etc.).
Indeed, but that discussion has not yet resulted in an implementation that
addresses RMS' concerns.
Ray
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