[Pkg-ganeti-devel] Bug#474452: Bug#474452: ganeti: recommends packages not in main

[Iustin Pop]

On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 08:49:00PM +0200, Amaya wrote:
> Package: ganeti
> Version: 1.2.3-2
> Severity: important
> User: debian-release at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: goal-recommends
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ganeti recommends xen-linux-system*, which is no longer available in unstable.
> 
> This bug is RC, hence the severity, according to the following Release Goal for
> Lenny:
> 
>   # No unmet recommends relations inside main
>   Advocate: Luk Claes
>   Description: Packages in main should be able to satisfy all recommend
>                relations in main.
>   Bug-User: debian-release at lists.debian.org
>   Bug-Tag: goal-recommends
> 
> Attached is the a patch with a suggestion on how to fix this bug, but of
> course, as the package maintainer you might know better.

Hi,

Unfortunately, today ganeti needs xen to work, as other hypervisors are
not yet implemented.

Without xen, I don't think it makes sense to have ganeti unless we
expect the user to install his own xen kernel/tools. Do you think this
would be a reasonable expectation? (together with README.debian notes,
changes to the long description, etc. so that the users know what they
need to do).

thanks,
iustin