Package: libcgi-fast-perl Version: 5.8.4-8 Severity: wishlist I maintain a package (webauth) that isn't exactly the most widely used package in the archive but that seems to fit the definition of optional as it's currently being used and I understand it (useful in more than just specialized circumstances, doesn't conflict with other more standard packages). One component of it supports FastCGI if it's available, via the normal method of using CGI::Fast and letting it autodetect whether the script is running under FastCGI.
Since this package is optional and libcgi-fast-perl is extra, debcheck rightly reports a policy violation on the depends. While this particular package may not be the most persuasive argument, it seems likely to me that this same situation will come up in other places (and indeed it looks like sympa and request-tracker* have similar problems). While it makes sense to have libcgi-fast-perl be extra on its own merits due to the licensing issues around the FastCGI Apache modules, it would help with Policy compliance for web applications if it could be made optional. I'm a bit new to this, so it's possible that the solution to this bug is to improve my understanding of priorities; if so, please don't hesitate to explain where I got this wrong. Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.30 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages libcgi-fast-perl depends on: ii libfcgi-perl 0.67-1 FastCGI Perl module ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
