[Python-modules-team] Bug#435602: gnome-games: remove Recommends: on python-opengl

[Josselin Mouette]

reassign 435602
thanks

Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 22:39 +0100, Neil Williams a écrit :
> Package: gnome-games
> Version: 1:2.18.2.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Due to the proposed change in apt behaviour:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/08/msg00000.html
> 
> Please can the Recommends: on python-opengl be downgraded to a Suggests
> or removed entirely because it brings in these *very large* extra
> packages over a current installation:
> 
> Installing python-opengl as dep of gnome-games
> Installing python-ctypes as dep of python-opengl
> Installing python-setuptools as dep of python-opengl
> Installing python-numpy as dep of python-opengl
> Installing atlas3-base as dep of python-numpy
> Installing libg2c0 as dep of atlas3-base
> 
> atlas3-base installs to 36740kb!
> 
> Feel free to reassign this to python-opengl or python-numpy.

I think the Recommends on python-opengl is justified as it brings
important functionality to glchess and isn't too heavy. Well, it
wouldn't if python-opengl didn't recommend python-numpy.

As python-opengl will generally be brought as a dependency, it is
abusive for it to recommend another package that isn't essential to its
functionality.

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