Hi, > Your problem is caused by the fact that as a response to bug 386360 > [1] I moved python-xml from the Recommends: field to Suggests: which > means a dependency of lower priority. It seems that your apt is > configured to ignore this type of dependency.
I was looking for some inkscape bugs on the BTS and saw that bugreport that I could have filed, but, as well as many others, I've no clear idea to distinguish between Recommends: and Suggests: here. The use of the extension is direct: be clicky twice, so a Recommends: is possible; as well a Suggests: is, since it's clearly stated to be an `Extension'. > Any thoughts? Maybe you might want to apply the following idea: patch (debian-side) the warning/information messages to display that the user is required to install the `python-xml' (or other...) package(s) to have this extension working, that's why it was put as a `Suggests:' dependency. This way, the user is told exactly what to do (e.g. `Please install the "python-xml" package to have this extension working') and maybe how to achieve this (e.g. `You can use synaptic, apt-get, or aptitude to do so'), but I found that a bit overkill. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois
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