Bug#492329: asterisk: Move chan_vpb.so dependencies to 'Suggests'

[Ron]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:33:57AM +0100, Tim Retout wrote:
> Not everyone uses VoiceTronix hardware; I have been told that the vpb channel
> is still unstable, and would prefer not to install libvpb.

Interesting.  Have you talked to VoiceTronix about this?  Have you
experienced problems personally that you wish to report?

Dare I ask, do you believe everything you hear about asterisk?

> The attached patch sets some dh_shlibdeps options, to move the dependencies
> of this one channel into 'Suggests'. Splitting it out into a separate package
> seemed like overkill (c.f. #459244). It would be possible to bring it back
> into 'Depends' or 'Recommends' when the module is stable.

And how do you plan to gauge that?

> The same method could be used to move more non-core asterisk dependencies into
> 'Recommends'. These would still be installed by default, but could be
> removed by the administrator.

I'd be all for making most of the hard dependencies this package has
accrued more loose, but lying about the package dependencies in a way
that _will_ make chan_vpb break for people doesn't quite seem like the
best way to do that.

You should probably talk to upstream about making their dependencies
more modular or something if you dislike the number of things it
requires that you personally don't need or want.

HTH,
Ron