Package: python3-scapy Version: 2.4.0-2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
The current version (2.4.0-2) of python3-scapy has Recommends Recommends: tcpdump, ipython3, python3-matplotlib, python3-pyx, graphviz Version 2.3.3-3 had those as 'Suggests'. The change on "Recommends by default" systems such as Ubuntu means that any package that wants to Depend on scapy gets a huge stack of additional packages installed. A fresh ubuntu server install means currently adding python3-scapy will bring in 202 newly installed packages taking 583MB. Could the Recommends be moved back to Suggests? Alternatively, a package could be added 'scapy' that included the dependencies while the python3-scapy would only provide the python library itself. Thanks, Scott -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers cosmic APT policy: (500, 'cosmic') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-6-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages python3-scapy depends on: ii python3 3.6.6-1 Versions of packages python3-scapy recommends: ii graphviz 2.40.1-3 ii ipython3 5.5.0-1 pn python3-matplotlib <none> pn python3-pyx <none> ii tcpdump 4.9.2-3 Versions of packages python3-scapy suggests: ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu5 pn gv <none> pn hexer <none> ii imagemagick 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu2 ii imagemagick-6.q16 [imagemagick] 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu2 pn librsvg2-bin <none> ii python3-crypto 2.6.1-9build1 pn python3-geoip <none> ii sox 14.4.2-3 pn tcpreplay <none> pn wireshark <none> -- no debconf information
