Bug#524614: qutecom has circular Depends on qutecom-data

[Ludovico Cavedon]

package qutecom
tags  524614 + confirmed pending
thanks

Hi Bill,

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Bill Allombert <ballombe at debian.org> wrote:
> There is a circular dependency between qutecom and qutecom-data:
>
> qutecom         :Depends: qutecom-data (= 2.2~rc3.dfsg1-5)
> qutecom-data    :Depends: qutecom (>= 2.2~rc3.dfsg1-5)
>
> Circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade,
> so we should try to get rid of them.
>
> Since qutecom is a data package, it is quite likely it does not need
> actually to depend on qutecom-data and removing this dependency would
> remove the circular dependency, so I would suggest you do so.
>
> See threads
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

I put the dependecy of qutecom-data  on quetcom because qutecom-data
is useless without qutecom. However the arguments for not having it
are convincing :)
I moved it to "recommends".

Thanks for the report,
Ludovico