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Re: Bug#328423: must be moved from recommeds to suggests



* Luca Capello:

> I'm in the process of debianize some CL software [1] and I've the same
> problem as bug #328423: some extra features of the package needs other
> packages to be installed, so I don't know if the package should use
> Suggests or Recommends.

Use Recommends: if the functionality added by the recommended package
is not too obscure and it's in the same section.  Suggests: is mainly
a way to bypass the same-section restriction in the policy.



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