Bug#498395: gdm doesn't really depend on gksu

[Loïc Minier]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:41:32AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> >  /usr/share/applications/gdmsetup.desktop:
> >     Exec=gksu /usr/sbin/gdmsetup
> That sounds like it should be a Recommends, not a Depends. 
> 	"The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is
> 	required for the depending package to provide a significant amount
> 	of functionality."
> GDM certainly provides a significant amount of functionality without
> gksu, so it doesn't sound like a Depends.

 gdmsetup is a significant amount of functionality which we directly
 want to support; if gdmsetup doesn't work, the package has a RC bug.
 This includes users who don't have gksu and try to launch gdmsetup.


 Please explain what you are really trying to achieve instead of
 negociating individual dependencies by throwing policy quotes at us.

 (Also, I recommend you to Cc: <pkg>@packages.debian.org or the bug as
 getting your message from the bot's transcript isn't too nice for other
 maintainers)

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Loïc Minier