|--==> Steve McIntyre writes: SM> [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] SM> On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Free Ekanayaka wrote: >>Package: debian-cd >>Version: 2.2.21 >>Severity: important >> >>Hi, >> >>I'm using the CVS version of debian-cd. >> >>The following programs are used by the boot-i386 script: >> >>pngtopnm >>ppmquant >>ppmtolss16 >> >>the first two belonging to the netpbm package while the last to the >>syslinux one. >> >>However debian-cd does not depends on either netpbm or syslinux.
SM> Standard policy in debian-cd so far has been to just Recommend: or SM> Suggest: most things. But syslinux and netpbm are not listed there SM> either... :-) SM> I'm actually tempted to upgrade most of the suggested / recommended SM> stuff to direct Depends: in fact, as otherwise it's very possible to SM> waste hours trying to build CDs and DVDs that just don't work. Yes, moreover those packages should be tiny ones. Cheers, Free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]