Bug#658683: unzip dependency

[Julien Wajsberg]

On 3 April 2014 00:46, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at debian.org> wrote:

> On 03/04/14 00:02, Julien Wajsberg wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > This is still happening with the latest package from testing/unstable.
> >
> > Installing an extension just fails without any hint about what's
> happening.
> >
> > "unzip" is currently in the Recommends line but it should really be in
> the
> > Depends line instead.
>
> Recommends are installed by default for a reason.
>


I think it was not installed when I installed my system because I used the
CD1 without a network (as I have a Wi-Fi card that needs a nonfree firmware
to work). I did _not_ disable recommends. Running "aptitude install" after
the fact does not install Recommended packages.

So maybe unzip should move to the CD1?
Or should we have a better feedback if it's absent (in that case, it's more
an upstream bug)?

BTW what is the rule to decide whether a package should go to Depends or
Recommends?

Thanks,
-- 
Julien
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