Bug#627159: Not suggest but recommend libio-socket-inet6-perl, add libsocket6-perl

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

Hi Gregor,

Op zondag 22 mei 2011 18:14:15 schreef gregor herrmann:
>   On Wed, 18 May 2011 11:54:02 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> > Sympa recommends libio-socket-ssl-perl, so I got that automatically,
> > however, I failed to get libio-socket-inet6-perl because
> > libio-socket-ssl-perl only suggests that.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > It seems libsocket6-perl is missing altogether. 
> 
> libio-socket-inet6-perl depends on libsocket6-perl
> 
> > Attached patch adds both
> > as a recommends for libio-socket-ssl-perl. 
> 
> I'm all for promoting libio-socket-inet6-perl in
> libio-socket-ssl-perl from Suggests to something stronger; not sure
> if Recommends or Depends is correct.
> 
> I tend to agree with Thijs that Recommends is appropriate but Dpminic
> also has a point with the Depends.
> 
> Other opinions?

I don't see other opinions in the bug log. Do you think the bug can be fixed? 
Regardless whether its Recommended or Depended on, either change will improve 
the current situation.


Cheers,
Thijs