Bug#649376: gnome: Dependency on totem-mozilla violating Debian-Policy

[Oliver Rompcik]

Josselin Mouette schrieb:
> Le dimanche 20 novembre 2011 à 13:32 +0100, Oliver Rompcik a écrit :
>> The dependency of gnome on totem-mozilla violates Debian Policy (3.5),
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> Are you serious?

Absolutely: "Every package must specify the dependency information about
other packages that are REQUIRED for the first to work correctly."

totem-mozilla is neither required nor does it belong to gnome. So why this
sucking dependency?

>
>> as totem-mozilla is NOT required for gnome to run properly. This
>> annoying wrong dependency has been reported since 2006 and is not yet
>> fixed.
>
> So what?

That's what I ask. Why is or should gnome be dependend on totem-mozilla? I
use another player, for example. I do not understand why I should be
forced  to keep totem-mozilla on my system. That's totally stupid and not
in Debian's sense.

So why not change it recommends: or suggests: ??? Is there at least one
reason?

I cannot find any.

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