I dunno. To me it looks like a reasonable thing to Recommend. From the policy manual:
"Recommends: This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency. The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together with this one in all but unusual installations." I think for ease-of-use, it makes sense to install the server for local use along with the plugin. A remote postgresql server could arguably be an unusual installation. You seem familiar with apt, but just in case: While Recommends are indeed automatically installed and so seem to serve the same purpose as Depends, the difference is that you can safely remove Recommended packages without removing the original. And you can pass apt-get a flag, like --no-recommends or something to get your desired behavior. If you feel strongly about this, I'd say open a Debian bug about it and mention the bug number here. The Debian maintainer is the one that set the Recommends. I don't think this is worth an Ubuntu delta. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting ** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- rsyslog-pgsql dependancies: recommend vs depends https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
