> > The configure script is checking for 'python' script. > > > > What was the original reason for the 'recommends' instead of > > 'depends'? It's not really clear to me. > > some people wanted to be able to keep the default python version at > version 2.2, but install packages from unstable, when the default > versions were different in testing and unstable. I do doubt such special needs should be forced upon all of us. regards, junichi