[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#723022: Bug#723022: [pandoc] package split with only Recommends: causes FTBFS on other packages

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting John MacFarlane (2013-09-15 18:25:16)
> +++ Jonas Smedegaard [Sep 15 13 16:30 ]:
> > Quoting Timo Weingärtner (2013-09-15 15:39:11)
> > > pandoc only Recommends: pandoc-data, so packages Build-Depending 
> > > on pandoc for e.g. manpage generation will FTBFS.
> > > 
> > > Please change the Recommends: into a Depends:
> > 
> > Pandoc is usable without those datafiles, for some special uses.
> > 
> > I believe the proper thing to do is for such packages to 
> > build-depend also on pandoc-data.
> 
> For what it's worth (from a non Debian insider), I think pandoc should 
> depend on pandoc-data.
> 
> Without pandoc-data, many invocations of pandoc will fail -- including 
> any use of the --standalone (-s) option, and any attempt to produce a 
> docx, epub, or odt.

Thanks for your input, John.

Here's from Debian Policy the definition of the "Recommends" field:

> This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.
>
> The `Recommends' field should list packages that would be found 
> together with this one in all but unusual installations.

As I read the "many invocations" in your comment above as matching the 
"all but unusual installations".


 - Jonas

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