Package: hoichess Version: 0.10.3-6.1+b1 Severity: normal hoichess has a Recommends on xboard | scid. However, other frontends exist, such as the one in gnome-games, installed as part of the GNOME desktop. The gnome-games dependency on hoichess currently brings in xboard on most GNOME users' systems, even though the frontend in gnome-games doesn't need xboard.
Please consider changing this Recommends to a Suggests. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages hoichess depends on: ii libc6 2.22-5 ii libgcc1 1:5.3.1-13 ii libstdc++6 5.3.1-13 Versions of packages hoichess recommends: pn xboard | scid <none> hoichess suggests no packages. -- no debconf information