[Bug 14928] missing dependency on devscripts

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Message-ID: <20050908034705.GA26773 at tennyson.dodds.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:47:05 -0700
From: Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net>, 327151 at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#327151: missing dependency on devscripts

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On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:12:54AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Package: cdbs
> Version: 0.4.32
> Severity: serious
> Justification: violation of release policy (clause 2)

> The command cdbs-edit-patch requires the command debclean to operate, whi=
ch
> is in package devscripts, but there is no dependency or other
> relationship declared to that package.

Strictly speaking, opportunistic dependencies are allowed; if a package
includes optional utilities that are not required for the main purpose
of the package, it is generally considered acceptable to not list the
dependencies of those optional utilities.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
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