Debian bug report logs - #676, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#676: xcompR6 recommends xxgdbR6
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Package: xcompR6
Version: 3.1.1-1

In xcompR6's control file:
 Package: xcompR6
 Description: This package has all the stuff needed to compile programs for X1R6.
 Recommended: xxgdbR6

This should be Optional, if anything; definitely not Recommended.
Recommended makes it hard for a user to select one without the other.

I'd be inclined to say that if the user wants a graphical debugger
they will know it and go and find one, and that mentioning xxgdb in
the control file is pointless.  However, an Optional field is not very
intrusive and is livable with.  A Recommended field is not.

Ian.

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
Subject: Bug#676: Acknowledgement (was: xcompR6 recommends xxgdbR6)
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