Hi,

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:29:11 +0100
Frank Luithle <f.luit...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> lighttpd should not Recommend "spawn-fcgi", as that package is not
> needed at all unless the user wants to actually use the FCGI
> interface.
> 
> Debian Policy prescribes that "The Recommends field should list
> packages that would be found together with this one in all but
> unusual installations."
> 
> "lighttpd" without "spawn-fcgi" is not an unusual installation at
> all, so it should not mention it in the "Recommends" field.

A very long time ago the spawn-fcgi binary was part of the lighttpd
package (upstream and in debian), and I guess this is the reason it was
added to the Recommends list.

regards,
Stefan


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