reassign 622837 tech-ctte quit Ludovic Rousseau wrote: > Le 15/04/11 10:40, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :
>> - if users of the library will crash or otherwise fail if pcscd >> is not installed, mentioning that in the package description; > > The library functions would just return the error SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE. > That is why it is perfectly possible to have libpcsclite1 installed > but not pcscd. No crash should happen. > >> - otherwise, downgrading the Recommends to a Suggests and >> notifying the maintainers of reverse-dependencies that they >> should add Depends: pcscd. > > So wpasupplicant should add a Depends: pcscd? > Would that solve the problem for you? No, but presumably wpasupplicant is not a typical caller. Based on what you've said above, a Suggests would be entirely appropriate. > Please describe exactly what needs to be fixed. I'm not motivated to go back and forth any longer. I'm reassigning to the technical committee; hopefully they can help or direct us to someone else who can help. tech-ctte, please see http://bugs.debian.org/476483 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=36;bug=622837 for context. Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org