Quoting John MacFarlane (2013-09-15 18:25:16) > +++ Jonas Smedegaard [Sep 15 13 16:30 ]: > > Quoting Timo Weingärtner (2013-09-15 15:39:11) > > > pandoc only Recommends: pandoc-data, so packages Build-Depending > > > on pandoc for e.g. manpage generation will FTBFS. > > > > > > Please change the Recommends: into a Depends: > > > > Pandoc is usable without those datafiles, for some special uses. > > > > I believe the proper thing to do is for such packages to > > build-depend also on pandoc-data. > > For what it's worth (from a non Debian insider), I think pandoc should > depend on pandoc-data. > > Without pandoc-data, many invocations of pandoc will fail -- including > any use of the --standalone (-s) option, and any attempt to produce a > docx, epub, or odt.
Thanks for your input, John. Here's from Debian Policy the definition of the "Recommends" field: > This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. > > The `Recommends' field should list packages that would be found > together with this one in all but unusual installations. As I read the "many invocations" in your comment above as matching the "all but unusual installations". - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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