Bug#691937: libreoffice recommends on ttf-mscorefonts-installer in contrib

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

severity 691937 wishlist
tag 691937 + wontfix
thanks

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 12:07:08AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Justification: Policy 2.2.1 The main archive area
[...]
> 
> Note: This is not RC bug for wheezy per release policy
>   http://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt

Ah, and nevertheless you are filing this as a RC bug? No way.

	Packages in main cannot require any software outside of main
	for execution or compilation.
	"Recommends:" lines do not count as requirements.

> = Problem =
> Package libreoffice depends on ttf-mscorefonts-installer in contrib
>     ttf-liberation | ttf-mscorefonts-installer

And note that the first alternative is in main.

> Also libreoffice depends on some non-existing (some of them
> contrib/non-free?) packages in:
>     default-jre | gcj-jre | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | openjdk-7-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre | java5-runtime | jre
> At least sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre does not sound FREE software.

Which is why it depends on default-jre | gcj-jre | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | openjdk-7-jre first.

But people want top use it with Sun JRE..

> Listing contrib package in Depends field is clear violation of Debian
> Policy text and deserves serious bug.

Nonsense.

Regards,

Rene