* e...@mailus.de <e...@mailus.de> [2009-04-19 15:33-0400]: > Actually, Section 7.2 of Debian policy says > > "The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required > for the depending package to provide a significant amount of > functionality." > > This is clearly not the case, is it? Sending a mail after backup is done > doesn't sound like "significant amount of functionality" to me.
Considering the package ships with the the default of sending mail on backup success, it does seem significant to me. In fact another bug (#452670) contradicts your bug, because originally we used not not depend on a mail program. > So it is a policy violation? I dont think so. micah
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