Hi debian-devel,
From policy 7.2 Binary Dependencies - Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Enhances,
Pre-Depends
Recommends
This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.
The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together
with this one in all but unusual installations.
Suggests
This is used to declare that one package may be more useful with one or
more others. Using this field tells the packaging system and the user that
the listed packages are related to this one and can perhaps enhance its
usefulness, but that installing this one without them is perfectly
reasonable.
I filed a lintian wishlist bug (#527363) requesting a I/W tag when non
documentation packages recommend documentation packages.
With Install-Recommends being the default, many packages pull in a lot of
associated documentation. These documentation packages are sometimes large
and could be suggested rather than recommended. I noticed different opinions
about such bugs on the BTS (See #504042 that went on to be fixed and #526153
that was not). I understand that upstream would sometimes like documentation
to be installed alongside the binaries, but popcon numbers of -doc packages
are quite lower the numbers corresponding to the packages that recommend them.
Would there be any objections to filing minor/wishlist bugs against these
packages? I am including a tentative dd-list corresponding to the packages
[1] that I found after manually removing some packages [2]. I will modify it
based on suggestions.
[1] grep-dctrl --pattern="-doc" --field=Recommends --and --not \
--pattern="-dev" --field=Package --show-field=Package
[2] Mostly haskell, tcl/tk, texlive and gtk/gnome documentation packages a few
others like emacs-goodies-el, twisted-doc etc.
I wonder if I should remove the following packages from the list.
devhelp
education-common
education-electronics
Daniel Leidert (dale) <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>
docbook-xsl
Hideki Yamane (Debian-JP) <henrich@debian.or.jp>
mirmon
Salvador Abreu <spa@debian.org>
gprolog
Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
gap
Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de>
mpb
Henrik Andreasson <debian@han.pp.se>
pike7.6 (U)
Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
apcupsd
dvdisaster
wmii
wmii2
Dominique Belhachemi <domibel@cs.tu-berlin.de>
z88
Luciano Bello <luciano@debian.org>
imagemagick (U)
Hilko Bengen <bengen@debian.org>
sepia
Philipp Benner <pbenner@uni-osnabrueck.de>
python-biopython (U)
wise (U)
Jay Berkenbilt <qjb@debian.org>
vips
Jan Beyer <jan@beathovn.de>
bibus (U)
W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org>
snacc
snacc (U)
Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
python-4suite
Fathi Boudra <fabo@debian.org>
qt4-x11 (U)
qtcreator (U)
Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>
xmonad
Ludovic Brenta <lbrenta@debian.org>
gnat-gps
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <tb@debian.org>
gnucash
lilypond
Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
aptitude
Antal A. Buss <abuss@puj.edu.co>
python-simpy
Stefano Canepa <sc@linux.it>
spe (U)
Hubert Chathi <uhoreg@debian.org>
asymptote
Pierre Chifflier <pollux@debian.org>
esvn
Christian Holm Christensen <cholm@nbi.dk>
root-system
Isaac Clerencia <isaac@debian.org>
phppgadmin
Jesus Climent <mooch@debian.org>
dspam (U)
Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>
ladr
Arnaud Cornet <acornet@debian.org>
webgen0.4
Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
xorg (U)
Debian DSPAM Maintainers <pkg-dspam-misc@lists.alioth.debian.org>
dspam
Debian Edu Developers <debian-edu@lists.debian.org>
debian-edu
Debian GGZ Maintainers <pkg-ggz-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
meta-ggz
Debian GIS Project <pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
gmt
Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
devhelp (U)
Debian Multimedia Team <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>
ocp (U)
Debian OCaml Maintainers <debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org>
omake
Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
pymilter (U)
quixote (U)
Debian QOF packaging team <pkg-qof-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
qof
Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
koffice
qt4-x11
qtcreator
Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
libtioga-ruby (U)
Debian Samba Maintainers <pkg-samba-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
samba
Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
bibus
eprover
Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
debian-science
scilab
Debian Scientific Computing Team <pkg-scicomp-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
parmetis
Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
xorg
Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs@lists.alioth.debian.org>
docbook-xsl (U)
Debian-Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
emboss-explorer
python-biopython
tree-puzzle
wise
Debian/Ubuntu Zope Team <pkg-zope-developers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
zope3
Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
sgml2x
Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>
devhelp (U)
Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
gretl
Peter Eisentraut <petere@debian.org>
meta-ggz (U)
phppgadmin (U)
Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@ubuntu.com>
drpython
Bartosz Fenski <fenio@debian.org>
dibbler (U)
Martín Ferrari <tincho@debian.org>
camstream
Gilles Filippini <gilles.filippini@free.fr>
nted
Morten Werner Forsbring <werner@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com>
mnemosyne-blog
Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>
libtioga-ruby
picca frederic <picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr>
lisaac
Mike Furr <mfurr@debian.org>
omake (U)
Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
gnuradio
sdcc (U)
sdcc-nf (U)
Francisco Garcia <franciscomanuel.garcia@hispalinux.es>
drgeo
Stephane Glondu <steph@glondu.net>
omake (U)
Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
tkgate
tla
u++
Gudjon I. Gudjonsson <gudjon@gudjon.org>
sdcc
sdcc-nf
Aurélien GÉRÔME <ag@debian.org>
lisaac (U)
scilab (U)
Christoph Haas <haas@debian.org>
dspam (U)
pdns (U)
pdns-recursor (U)
Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
fslview (U)
Michael Hanke <michael.hanke@gmail.com>
fsl
fslview
Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>
pike7.6
Mark Hymers <mhy@debian.org>
kst
ImageMagick Packaging Team <pkg-gmagick-im-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
imagemagick
Adam C. Powell IV <hazelsct@debian.org>
parmetis (U)
Steffen Joeris <white@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
Matthew Johnson <mjj29@debian.org>
libcsv-java
Timo Jyrinki <timo.jyrinki@iki.fi>
malaga
Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net>
dspam (U)
gambc
Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>
pymilter
Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
zope3 (U)
Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org>
dx
imagemagick (U)
Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org>
samba (U)
Aurelien Labrosse <aurelien.labrosse@free.fr>
dspam (U)
Jeremy Lainé <jeremy.laine@m4x.org>
kdevelop
qtcreator (U)
Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>
codespeak-lib
Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
gmt (U)
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
samba (U)
Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru@inria.fr>
debian-science (U)
fwbuilder
scilab (U)
Frederic Daniel Luc Lehobey <Frederic@Lehobey.net>
debian-science (U)
Holger Levsen <holger@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
etoys (U)
Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez <ana@debian.org>
koffice (U)
qt4-x11 (U)
Francesco P. Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
gmt (U)
Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
aolserver4
Roberto Lumbreras <rover@debian.org>
geotranz
proxy-suite
Stani M <spe.stani.be@gmail.com>
spe (U)
Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
axiom
Debian PowerDNS Maintainers <powerdns-debian@workaround.org>
pdns
pdns-recursor
Adam Majer <adamm@zombino.com>
qtcreator (U)
Matthijs Mohlmann <matthijs@cacholong.nl>
dspam (U)
pdns (U)
pdns-recursor (U)
Ruben Molina <rmolina@udea.edu.co>
qcad
Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@ubuntu.com>
spe (U)
Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex@debian.org>
quixote
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
devhelp (U)
Tomasz Mrugalski <thomson@klub.com.pl>
dibbler
Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org>
funkload
Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org>
qt4-x11 (U)
Jan Christoph Nordholz <hesso@pool.math.tu-berlin.de>
nvi
David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org>
xorg (U)
Nelson A. de Oliveira <naoliv@debian.org>
imagemagick (U)
Arjan Oosting <arjan@debian.org>
frown
Xavier Oswald <x.oswald@free.fr>
lisaac (U)
Goedson Teixeira Paixao <goedson@debian.org>
qof (U)
David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>
emboss-explorer (U)
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
bglibs
Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
xorg (U)
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
samba (U)
Michael Piefel <piefel@debian.org>
kimwitu
kimwitu++
snacc (U)
Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
bibus (U)
emboss-explorer (U)
python-biopython (U)
tree-puzzle (U)
Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
plt-scheme
Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
cedar-backup2
epydoc
Christophe Prud'homme <prudhomm@debian.org>
parmetis (U)
Petr Pudlak <deb@pudlak.name>
eprover (U)
Python Applications Packaging Team <python-apps-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
drpython (U)
spe
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
Athena Capital Research <acr-debian@athenacr.com>
tbb
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
xorg (U)
José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <jredrejo@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
etoys
gambas2
Daniel Aristizabal Romero <daristizabal@parquesoft.com>
pyragua
Kevin M. Rosenberg <kmr@debian.org>
ctsim
Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
yada
Bastien Roucariès <roucaries.bastien+debian@gmail.com>
imagemagick (U)
Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@connexer.com>
tbb (U)
Eike Sauer <eike@debian.org>
kdiff3
Neil Schemenauer <nas@debian.org>
quixote (U)
Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org>
enigma
Carlo Segre <segre@debian.org>
horae
Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>
ocp
Victor Seva <linuxmaniac@torreviejawireless.org>
linux-wlan-ng
Raúl Sánchez Siles <rasasi78@gmail.com>
koffice (U)
Bradley Smith <bradsmith@debian.org>
devhelp
Josef Spillner <josef@ggzgamingzone.org>
meta-ggz (U)
Al Stone <ahs3@debian.org>
lmbench
Brian Sutherland <jinty@web.de>
zope3 (U)
Enrico Tassi <gareuselesinge@debian.org>
linux-wlan-ng (U)
Frank S. Thomas <fst@debian.org>
eqonomize
Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
debian-science (U)
tree-puzzle (U)
Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@debian.org>
zope3 (U)
Ralf Treinen <treinen@debian.org>
maria
Colin Tuckley <colint@debian.org>
ploticus
Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>
qt4-x11 (U)
Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@debian.org>
samba (U)
Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com>
qt4-x11 (U)
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
libcgi-application-extra-plugin-bundle-perl
Rudolf Weber <rudolf@faveve.uni-stuttgart.de>
dspam (U)
Torsten Werner <twerner@debian.org>
fwbuilder (U)
scilab (U)
Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>
qof (U)
Jonathan Wiltshire <debian@jwiltshire.org.uk>
gxemul
Patrick Winnertz <winnie@debian.org>
debian-edu (U)
Taisuke Yamada <tai@rakugaki.org>
gputils
Marco van Zwetselaar <zwets@zwets.com>
qtstalker
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