Bug#814350: wine: recommended package libwine-gecko-2.40 is not in main

[Jens Reyer]

control: tags -1 + pending

On 02/10/2016 06:12 PM, Jens Reyer wrote:
> Imo the dependency on libwine-gecko-xxx should stay a recommends, a
> suggests imo doesn't meet the importance of Gecko in Wine.
> 
> So I'll commit a change to remove (comment) that from wine and
> wine-development.

Committed for both wine and wine-development. On a second thought I
decided to use suggests as you suggested. We should revert that as soon
as the correct version of libwine-gecko is available.

Greets
jre

Bug#814350: wine: recommended package libwine-gecko-2.40 is not in main was: Bug#812750: wine: Gecko integration is broken

[Jens Reyer]

On 02/09/2016 08:14 PM, Rhonda D'Vine wrote:
>  Unfortunately unsatisfyable recommends are a policy violation though,
> and even while I understand the sentiments of not wanting to have to
> reupload wine to add it, I don't see a way around this.
[...]
>> Rhonda, do you see any flexibility in interpreting the policy for this
>> case? If not, I'll do something like
> 
>  Unfortunately I don't see it, it's a clear must requirement and there
> for very specific reasons, to keep main untainted from non-free
> packages.
> 
>  So yes, seperating the issue of that it might help to where to find
> gecko to install it personally, and lowering the recommends to suggests
> could definitely be tackled seperately.

Thanks Rhonda.

Imo the dependency on libwine-gecko-xxx should stay a recommends, a
suggests imo doesn't meet the importance of Gecko in Wine.

So I'll commit a change to remove (comment) that from wine and
wine-development.

Greets
jre