Re: Please unblock libtemplate-perl 2.19-1.1
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:31:54PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
> Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> > This contains only one change from the version in lenny, fixing #429031
> > by adding a package to Suggests.
> >
> > This will ease the transition from etch; upstream split out their
> > packages, so without this clue, people using Template::Plugin::XML will
> > find themselves without this module.
>
> unblocked, though wouldn't it make more sense to make it a Recommends in
> this case as suggested packages don't get installed by default?
I think Suggests is a good compromise between giving people the
information about the new package, and not encouraging sloppiness in
specifying dependencies. Additionally the change I made is the one
agreed with the maintainer; while I can see your argument, I don't think
there's much in it.
Thanks,
Dominic.
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