#2073 PR `merged`: Debian packaging: downgrade syslinux from Depends to Suggests¶

Labels: enhancement, fixed / solved / done

OliverO2 opened issue at 2019-03-06 16:35:¶

Pull Request Details:¶

Type: Enhancement
Impact: Low
Reference to related issue (URL):
How was this pull request tested? On Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Brief description of the changes in this pull request:

ReaR works in configurations not using syslinux, so Depends is too strong. Additionally, not using syslinux is not unusual per se, so Recommends would still be too strong. Per Debian Policy 7.2. Binary Dependencies, Suggests would be the right level here.

jsmeix commented at 2019-03-07 10:12:¶

@gdha
because I know absolutely nothing about Debian packaging
I dare to assign it to you (I just hope you may know a bit about it).

gdha commented at 2019-03-07 11:31:¶

@jsmeix The changed proposal makes sense. It's fine to merge it.

jsmeix commented at 2019-03-07 13:15:¶

@OliverO2
thank you for improving ReaR!

OliverO2 commented at 2019-03-07 13:21:¶

Thanks to all of you again, too!

BTW: I promised to check everything on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which includes the changes in networking (DNS). So bear with me, there's more to come. I did not expect to open Pandora's Box aka. Btrfs setup, though. ;-)

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#2073 PR merged: Debian packaging: downgrade syslinux from Depends to Suggests¶