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Re: on other DFSG-free projects

On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Greg Vence wrote:

> Christian Schwarz wrote:
> > 
> > -----
> > 2.1.2 The main section
> > 
> > Every package in "main" must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free
> > Software
> > Guidelines). (Note, that this implies that the package must not
> > require a
> > package outside of "main" for compilation or execution. Thus, the
> > package
> > may not declare a "Depends" or "Recommends" relationship on a non-main
> > package).
> > 
> Depends is obviously the point we're trying to make.  Why wouldn't a
> Recommends be allowed?  It seems to needlessly restrict.

The packaging manuals says `Recommends: This declares a strong, but not
absolute, dependency.' It's used in some cases where only a minor part of
package depends on another package but the programs in the package still
work without the other part. (Cf. the sgrep discussion on debian-devel.)

Thus, we treat "Recommends" like "Depends" when talking about packages'
copyrights/licenses.


Thanks,

Chris

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