[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#381971: kmplayer should recommend mplayer

[Michael Gilbert]

i believe that at a minimum mplayer should be in the suggests.  i
believe that the doc you refer to leaves open the option to suggest a
non-free package.

i use apt-get and usually install all recommends/suggests.

mike

On 8/8/06, Fathi Boudra <fboudra at free.fr> wrote:
> severity 381971 wishlist
>
> thanks
>
> hi,
>
> > since kmplayer relies upon mplayer for dvd, wmv, etc support,
>
> wrong, kmplayer on debian relies upon xine backend.
> please see http://bugs.debian.org/360092 for the background.
>
> > mplayer should be among the suggests or the recommends for kmplayer so that
> > it will be installed if the user always installs recommends/suggests and
> > has debian-multimedia.org as an apt source.
>
> See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-sections:
>
> > 2.2.1 The main category
> >  Every package in main must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free Software
> > Guidelines). In addition, the packages in main
> >  must not require a package outside of main for compilation or execution
> > (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or
> > "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main package), must not be so buggy
> > that we refuse to support them, and
> >  must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual.
>
> Eventually, i can add a Suggests but not a Recommends, but using Suggests
> doesn't resolve the problem because aptitude installs Recommends packages and
> not Suggests. So i'm waiting for you feedback before tag your bug report
> wontfix or close it.
>
> cheers,
>
> Fathi
>
>