severity 457955 wishlist
thanks

Hi,

Micah Anderson wrote (24 May 2009 21:15:14 GMT) :
> * 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.

>> So it is a policy violation?

> I dont think so.

I agree with Micah. Until someone comes up with a proposal that would
make Erik happy without breaking new installs, we should not change
the current Depends: line.

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