* Ian Campbell <i...@debian.org> [2015-03-24 10:11]: > > To be honest, why not just use the packaging system metadata and stop > > trying to reinvent it badly? We've had bugs like this reported for > > ages, and it's not doing our users any favours. Just add it as a > > Recommends and be done. It's not like the u-boot-tools package is huge > > or brings in a lot of other dependencies anyway... > > TBH I was moistly just following the lead of whoever did it that way > originally. I think you've convinced me to make it at least a > Recommends.
I think a Recommends would be fine. IIRC when flash-kernel was created few systems needed u-boot-tools but nowadays most do. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150324150024.ga21...@jirafa.cyrius.com