type of dependency on yelp - debian gnome policy

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:42:56 +0100, Lo=EFc Minier wrote:
>  What type of dependency is best suited for yelp when a package ships w=
ith
>  help files?

I went with "Recommends" for gnumeric-doc for the following reasons:
* The documentation package is useful in itself without having a renderer
  for DocBook XML installed, as it can be used to produce documentation i=
n
  e.g. a printable format and the documentation can be read using a pager=
.
  This is why I feel "Depends:" to be inappropriate.
* I assume that a large majority of users who install gnumeric-doc will w=
ant
  to be able to access the documentation through the online help function=
.
  This is why I feel "Suggests:" to be inappropriate.

Ray
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