Bug#527543: python-apt: please downgrade the dependency on libjs-jquery to recommends

[Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>]

On Friday 08 May 2009 03:06:55 Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> JQuery is used for the search in the documentation.

I just took a look at the documentation and I don't see how not having a 
functional search box (which most static docs don't even provide) is enough 
reason to declare a strong dependency.

> Other packages also depend on libjs-jquery (e.g. python-multiprocessing)

Sure, web apps do. I don't know the specific case of python-multiprocessing, 
but I really don't think that going this way is a good idea.

I mean, I don't mind having to install such a small package, or even a big 
one, if it provides me of some functionality that I will ever use.
But in this case I don't directly use python-apt, and even less its 
documentation, and even less a search box.

> and downgrading the dependency to recommends would cause the symlink at
>   /usr/share/doc/python-apt/html/_static/jquery.js
> to point to a non-existing file /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js

Only if no-install-recommends is true. And having a broken symlink is not the 
end of the world either, and its effect on the search page is an 
inoffensive "Please activate JavaScript to enable the search functionality."

Hope you reconsider the situation.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer
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