Public bug reported: Following some debug of the docker.io package in universe, we (Canonical CPC) discovered that the ubuntu-fan package from main and the netcat- traditional package from universe were being installed.
This was due to the following dependency/recommends tree: * docker.io (in universe) recommends ubuntu-fan (main) * ubuntu-fan (main) recommends netcat (universe) * netcat (universe) is a transitional package and depends on netcat-traditional (universe) Our concern is that this might be a packaging violation as ubuntu-fan is recommending a package not in main. > In addition, the packages in main > > must not require a package outside of main for compilation or execution > (thus, the package must > not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a > non-main package), Source: https://people.canonical.com/~cjwatson/ubuntu-policy/policy.html /ch-archive.html#s-main I will file a bug against netcat too to start a discussion on netcat being built from netcat-openbsd (main) instead of netcat-traditional (universe). Our feeling is that netcat is such a frequently depended on or recommended package that it being present in main would benefit Ubuntu. ** Affects: ubuntu-fan (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-fan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861704 Title: ubuntu-fan recommends netcat package in universe Status in ubuntu-fan package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Following some debug of the docker.io package in universe, we (Canonical CPC) discovered that the ubuntu-fan package from main and the netcat-traditional package from universe were being installed. This was due to the following dependency/recommends tree: * docker.io (in universe) recommends ubuntu-fan (main) * ubuntu-fan (main) recommends netcat (universe) * netcat (universe) is a transitional package and depends on netcat-traditional (universe) Our concern is that this might be a packaging violation as ubuntu-fan is recommending a package not in main. > In addition, the packages in main > > must not require a package outside of main for compilation or execution (thus, the package must > not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main package), Source: https://people.canonical.com/~cjwatson/ubuntu- policy/policy.html/ch-archive.html#s-main I will file a bug against netcat too to start a discussion on netcat being built from netcat-openbsd (main) instead of netcat-traditional (universe). Our feeling is that netcat is such a frequently depended on or recommended package that it being present in main would benefit Ubuntu. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-fan/+bug/1861704/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
