On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 12:37:25AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:26:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:24:21PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > The release policy states: "Packages in main cannot require any software > > > outside of main for execution or compilation." A recommendation is not a > > > requirement; I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are not > > > release-critical. > > > > Oops: "I don't believe that unfulfillable Recommends are > > release-critical." > > Policy disagrees with you.
The definition of what is release-critical lies with the release managers via the release policy (http://release.debian.org/sarge_rc_policy.txt), not with the Debian Policy Manual. Note that the Debian Policy Manual itself says: These classifications are *roughly* equivalent to the bug severities _serious_ (for _must_ or _required_ directive violations), _minor_, _normal_ or _important_ (for _should_ or _recommended_ directive violations) and _wishlist_ (for _optional_ items). [2] The emphasis on "roughly" is mine. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]