[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#892018: Bug#892018: Won't work without grunt!

[Adrian Bunk]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 01:56:09PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> Control: severity -1 normal
> 
> On ഞായര്‍ 04 മാർച്ച് 2018 01:57 വൈകു, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > It is really depending on grunt -- but doesn't, so it's possible to
> > install the package in a broken state.
> 
> I think that is expected. node-grunt-cli is a dependency of grunt (not
> the other way around). I don't think adding a circular dependency is
> useful here.

Often the best available option in such cases is to have a recommends
in the other direction.

With recommends being installed by default this behaves nearly like
a dependency while avoiding having an actual circular dependency.

cu
Adrian

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