Bug#891756: lmms: demote Dependency on "calf-ladspa" to "Recommends"

IOhannes m zmoelnig umlaeute at debian.org
Wed Feb 28 15:00:56 UTC 2018


Package: lmms
Version: 1.1.3-7
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

"lmms" currently has an absolute "Depends" relation on "calf-ladspa".
however, "lmms" works fine without the calf-ladspa plugins available (e.g.
kxstudio provides an empty calf-ladspa plugin just to fullfill the Dependency,
and it seems that people are not really complaining).

i would therefore suggest to demote the relationship to "Recommends", as
explained in the Debian Policy §7.2:
> Recommends
>     This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.
>     The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together
>     with this one in all but unusual installations.

This is somewhat related to #870473 (once the relationship is declared as
non-absolute, the "calf-plugins" package could declare a "Breaks" relationship
on "calf-ladspa"; allowing "lmms" to be co-installed with "calf-plugins" and
"ardour" still working)


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