Re: Recommends relation of libxxx-java-gcj packages

[Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>]

Torsten Werner wrote:
> we've got the following comment in bug #559058 from doko:
> 
> "it's current practice/policy to have such a recommendation for the
> corresponding -gcj package. if you want to have this changed, please
> address this on the debian-java ML, and don't change it on a per
> package basis."
> 
> I cannot find any reference that the gcj packages should be
> recommended. Most packages are currently recommended but not all. The
> Debian policy states:
> 
> "`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."
> 
> I think most installations don't need those -gcj packages and
> therefore the recommends should be downgraded to suggests. What do you
> think?

  I think along the same lines as you do. I manually remove most -gcj
packages.

	Vincent

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Vincent, not listening to anything for now