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Re: How bad is a wrong recommends? (was: Bug#273734: education-common: con't fulfill the Recommends on !i386)



On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:26:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:24:21PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > The release policy states: "Packages in main cannot require any software
> > outside of main for execution or compilation." A recommendation is not a
> > requirement; I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are not
> > release-critical.
> 
> Oops: "I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are
> release-critical."

Policy disagrees with you.

2.2.1. The main section
-----------------------

     Every package in _main_ and _non-US/main_ must comply with the DFSG
     (Debian Free Software Guidelines).

     In addition, the packages in _main_
        * must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or
          execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends",
          "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-_main_
          package),
[...]

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