Bug#355234: rhythmbox: No mention on why the ahavi-daemon is needed

[Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña]

Package: rhythmbox
Version: 0.9.3.1-1
Severity: normal

Rhythmbox maintainer said [1] that one of the important features of
rhythmbox, and the reason why it tries to pull in avahi-daemon through
Recommends:, is that the music sharing feature is very important in this
software.

However:

- there is no mention of music sharing capabilities (or it being a required
  feature) in the package description
- music sharing is not described in the software documentation ("Music
  Player Manual"):

  $ grep -ri sharing /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/rhythmbox/
  $

- the README.Debian file does not explain why avahi-daemon is Recommend:ed

If music sharing is an (important) feature of the program it should be
documented. If a network service is required, and should be installed by
Debian users, it should be documented in the README.Debian file.

Regards

Javier


[1] In the discussion in debian-security started at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2006/02/msg00060.html
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