Re: Bug#768284: hyphen-ru: should at most suggest libreoffice-writer
Hello,
On Thu, 2014-11-06 at 09:52 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Package: hyphen-ru
> Version: 20030310-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Package relations are directional: A hyphenation dataset arguably does
> not "depend" on being used, and certainly not by a specific consumer.
>
> Please do not recommend libreoffice-writer, as that causes needless
> baggage when used in other contexts, e.g. with scribus or frescobaldi.
>
> - Jonas
>
I've put the recommends line for consistency reasons (other hyphen-*
packages do have the same recommendation "dependencies"). Personally I
do agree with you on this point, however I think we should reach some
sort of consensus with the other Debian maintainers. I believe the
presence of such "Recommends:" lines in the control files of the
respective packages just *might* be there for some particular purpose.
I'm forwarding a copy of my response to certain mailing lists so that
whatever parties interested in this matter there might suggest something
from their point of view.
Best regards,
--
Ilyas
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