Bug#599652: openoffice.org-common: Please document reason for libtextcat-data-utf8 recommends, and please consider changing dependency level
Package: openoffice.org-common
Version: 1:3.2.1-7
Severity: normal
openoffice.org-common has a Recommends on libtextcat-data-utf8, but
doesn't give any indication of what it needs this package for, making it
difficult for a user to decide whether to install it.
If this package supports notable functionality of openoffice.org, please
consider simply depending on it; one more (tiny) dependency does not
seem unreasonable given the existing size of OO.o, and it seems better
to depend on it than to have OO.o functionality missing or
non-functional for users that didn't install it.
Alternatively, if openoffice.org really can do without this package for
most purposes, please consider documenting the need for this package in
the openoffice.org-common package description, and please consider
whether it should use "Recommends" or "Suggests".
- Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages openoffice.org-common depends on:
ii openoffice.org-style-ga 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- Galax
ii openoffice.org-style-ta 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- Tango
ii ure 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-7 OpenOffice.org UNO runtime environ
Versions of packages openoffice.org-common recommends:
pn libtextcat-data-utf8 <none> (no description available)
pn xfonts-mathml <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages openoffice.org-common suggests:
pn openoffice.org-style-crystal <none> (no description available)
pn openoffice.org-style-hicontra <none> (no description available)
pn openoffice.org-style-industri <none> (no description available)
pn openoffice.org-style-oxygen <none> (no description available)
ii openoffice.org-style-tango 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- Tango
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