Hello! Goswin Brederlow said: > Cfv is completly functional in all aspects without a bittorrent client > and a strong dependency is not given imho. In fact I even feel a > Suggests would be wrong since such a client does in no way alter the > cfv functionality.
| Suggests | This is used to declare that one package may be more useful with | one or more others. Using this field tells the packaging system | and the user that the listed packages are related to this one and | can perhaps enhance its usefulness, but that installing this one | without them is perfectly reasonable. Well, I would argue that installing a bittorrent client enhances cfv's usefulness, because it is then capable of verifying torrents. If a client is not installed, torrent checking is not possible by cfv. Originally there was a call for Depends: on bittorrent/bittornado, but it was downgraded to a recommendation, see http://bugs.debian.org/259391 . But perhaps Recommends: is a bit too strong as well. I think the last sentence in the policy for Suggests: is quite suitable for this situation ("... but that installing this one without them is perfectly reasonable"). Matthew (the upstream author) had some plans to include the imported files, which I think would be the best solution (full functiality without dependency on installing any torrent client). Anyway, I'll change from Recommends: to Suggests: in the next upload (no upload just to for this change however). Regards, Stefan
