[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1135013: gnumed-client: recommends ginkgocadx, ntp and gtklp which are not in unstable

[Karsten Hilbert]

Am Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 10:00:15PM +0100 schrieb Carles Pina i Estany:

> > > - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ginkgocadx : was removed in 2021
> > 
> > ginkgocadx should be demoted to Suggests:
> 
> I'd like to ask: why demoted to Suggests instead of deleted? What's the
> purpose?
> 
> For Debian Policy: yes, Suggests can refer to packages that are not in
> Debian. Does this package exist elsewhere outside Debian

Not that I know.

> that is useful to have it in Suggests? Or some other
> reason? I'm curious.

There's a nostalgic idea about making people aware of that
application. But, yes, it is not installable on current
Debian versions so removal is the rational course of action.

> > > - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp : was removed in 2022
> > > 
> > > For ntp, a possible solution is to the same that dovecot did:
> > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/commit/812f0ea434b313d25aa9177ec2e1805e42649d5f
> > > : to have "systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon". See
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1118232 for more
> > > information.
> > 
> > That looks right. The change does serve the purpose --
> > help ensure proper time on the system.
>
> Excellent,

Feel free to implement that change.

Karsten
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