On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:33:19AM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #294142: timidity can't play anything due to config file, > which was filed against the timidity package. > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email.
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005, John R. McPherson wrote: > > Version: 2.13.2-5 > [...] > > un freepats <none> (no description available) > > If you so choose to ignore a package "Recommends:" header, it is your > problem, not the package's. In this case, you must configure it > accordingly to your wishes of working without freepats. > > If you didn't even KNOW you were supposed to also install freepats, and you > are using apt-get, please switch to Synaptic or Aptitude (or even dselect). > These will handle Recommends in a much saner way for the end-user. Telling people which front-end they should use is a little rude. > Bug closed. The package is correct, and I am *not* turning that Recommends > to a Depends, ever. From http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps ########### Depends This declares an absolute dependency. A package will not be configured unless all of the packages listed in its Depends field have been correctly configured. The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality. Recommends This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. ########### Surely you agree that, as configured by the default timidity.cfg, freepats "is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality." Otherwise maybe freepats could use debconf or something to only add that line to timidity.cfg when it gets installed? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
