On Friday 25 September 2009 15:03:23 Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include <hallo.h> > > * Jamey Sharp [Fri, Sep 25 2009, 11:17:00AM]: > > Package: apt-cacher-ng > > Version: 0.2.2-2 > > Severity: serious > > Justification: Policy 3.5 > > "serious"? Please read dp3.5 again. > > "Every package must specify the dependency information about other > packages that are required for the first to work correctly. ... For > example, a dependency entry must be provided for any shared libraries > required by a dynamically-linked executable binary in a package." > > Which is not the case here, most functionality is available without Perl. > The the script you complain is just an optional utility; for a long time it > was not even included in apt-cacher-ng package. And it's not even a binary. >
It doesn't matter whether it is a binary or not. I don't think the severity is justified and maybe the report could even be closed as the package does have a soft dependency on the package needed by the extra script. Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
