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

Jakub Wilk jwilk at debian.org
Tue Aug 23 15:52:04 UTC 2011


* 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.)

-- 
Jakub Wilk





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