On 07/11/11 at 11:52am, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:43:45 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > > > Listers, looking for a little community input: > > > > What is the best way to get answers on Debian policy questions? I have > > had some issues I'd like to get a policy answer on or possibly provide > > input (aka, my $0.02) for. > > > > If you're curious, the issue I've been having is regarding package > > dependencies. Some packages seem to have extraneous dependencies outside > > of what is strictly required (package build tools will tell you what is > > strictly required). Packages being depended on are e.g. dbus, gconf, > > etc. > > (...) > > Package dependencies does not seem -a priory- to be Policy issue... I > would ask in debian devels or packagers mailing list to get some feedback > there. I think it should be a policy issue.. as I described in another email, shouldn't we be enforcing that 'depends' is only required for running, and packages for additional features should be recommends|suggests? Thanks for the suggestion though.. I've been considering joining more lists, perhaps I will lurk a while and test the waters. -- Liam
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