On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 22:21, Nick Black (Public gmail account) <dankamong...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Package: iproute2 > Version: 5.10.0-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > X-Debbugs-Cc: dankamong...@gmail.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > [ A patch has been provided for this bug at > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/iproute2/-/merge_requests/4 ] > > Recommends "should list packages that would be found together with this one in > all but unusual installations." That might have been true ten years ago, but > surely in 2020 iproute2 installations vastly outnumber the number making > active > use of ATM hardware or the q_atm.so module. > > I've provided a MR in Salsa, linked above. Please apply if you agree.
Hi, The normal workflow is that for optional functionality a Recommends is used. Suggests is more for somewhat-related stuff. The PR downgrades also the dependency on libxtables, which is definitely not something we want. And even for libatm1, what is the issue exactly? It's just one library, why is it a problem if, with recommends enabled, it gets installed? TC loses functionality without it. Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
