[Python-apps-team] Bug#639003: should depend on python-qt4

[Thomas Koch]

Jakub Wilk:
> * Thomas Koch <thomas at koch.ro>, 2011-08-23, 17:32:
> >The gui of subdownloader depends on python-qt4 but the package only
> >recommends it. Trying to start subdownloader without the package
> >installed just gives a python backtrace on the commandline or no
> >reaction at all when started from the Desktop menu.
> >I think that is major problem for normal users.
> 
> Normal users should have Recommends installed (unless they know what
> they are doing).
> 
> >Just make it a depends please.
> 
> I disagree. This is a perfect use-case for Recommends. (In fact,
> python-qt4 was moved from Depends to Recommends on my request, because I
> wanted to use subdownloader without extra 70 megabytes of Qt libraries.)

Hi Jakub,

thanks for the quick reply. I think the best solution would be, if there could 
be two binary packages: subdownloader-cli and subdownloader-gui.

Regards,

Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro