Universe Recommends for packages in main

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:16:09PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Yes, this means that a number of packages will need to be adjusted where
> we feel that Recommends are inappropriate and should be Suggests
> instead. I don't actually think that this will be all that many, though;
> it's certainly a far smaller delta than many others that we continue to
> maintain.

I've done some testing with my germinate modifications. The following
additional binary packages would require promotion to main when
Recommends are followed (note that I've only checked i386, but I don't
expect the differences would be substantial):

  akode-dbg
  akonadi-server
  bluez-audio
  freeradius-utils
  gcc-4.2-source
  gcj-4.2
  gcj-4.2-base
  gij-4.2
  kdebase-kio-plugins
  kdesktop
  libakode-dev
  libakode2
  libarts1-akode
  libbackport-util-concurrent-java
  libboost-filesystem-dev
  libboost-filesystem1.34.1
  libboost-graph1.34.1
  libboost-iostreams-dev
  libboost-iostreams1.34.1
  libboost-program-options-dev
  libboost-program-options1.34.1
  libboost-signals-dev
  libboost-signals1.34.1
  libboost-thread-dev
  libboost-thread1.34.1
  libboost-wave-dev
  libboost-wave1.34.1
  libcrypt-openssl-bignum-perl
  libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl
  libehcache-java
  libgcj8-1
  libgcj8-1-awt
  libgcj8-dbg
  libgcj8-dev
  libgcj8-jar
  libgcj9-src
  libjpeg-progs
  libjsr107cache-java
  libk3b3-extracodecs
  libkscan1
  libmail-dkim-perl
  libnet-dns-perl
  libnet-ip-perl
  libqt4-sql-mysql
  m17n-db
  qt4-qtconfig
  ttf-sil-doulos
  wv
  xserver-xephyr

Some of these are trivial, some are bugs, and some are even in main
already for one reason or another. I think very few packaging changes
will be needed to keep packages out of main as a result of this.

At present the number of packages pulled into (e.g.) the desktop CDs as
a result of following Recommends is rather more substantial. However, I
think this is mostly because language-pack-*-base recommends
language-support-*, and once that's fixed most of this should go away.
The list follows for completeness, but don't panic about it just yet.

  aspell-de
  aspell-de-alt
  aspell-es
  aspell-fr
  aspell-pt-br
  aspell-pt-pt
  avahi-utils
  bluez-audio
  brazilian-conjugate
  bsd-mailx
  bsh
  bsh-gcj
  esound-clients
  exim4
  exim4-base
  exim4-config
  exim4-daemon-heavy
  exim4-daemon-light
  fastjar
  gawk
  gcj-4.2-base
  gcj-4.3-base
  gettext
  ggzcore-bin
  gij
  gij-4.3
  gimp-help-de
  gimp-help-es
  gimp-help-fr
  hpijs-ppds
  hplip-gui
  hunspell-de-at
  hunspell-de-ch
  hunspell-de-de
  ifrench-gut
  ingerman
  iogerman
  iportuguese
  ispanish
  iswiss
  java-common
  java-gcj-compat
  java-gcj-compat-headless
  language-support-de
  language-support-es
  language-support-fr
  language-support-pt
  language-support-translations-de
  language-support-translations-es
  language-support-translations-fr
  language-support-translations-pt
  language-support-writing-de
  language-support-writing-es
  language-support-writing-fr
  language-support-writing-pt
  libasound2-plugins
  libaudio2
  libbcel-java
  libbeecrypt6
  libclass-accessor-perl
  libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
  libcompress-zlib-perl
  libgcj-bc
  libgcj-common
  libgcj8-1
  libgcj8-1-awt
  libgcj8-jar
  libgcj9-0
  libgcj9-0-awt
  libgcj9-jar
  libhtml-template-perl
  libio-compress-base-perl
  libio-compress-zlib-perl
  libio-string-perl
  libjaxp1.3-java
  libjaxp1.3-java-gcj
  libjline-java
  libjpeg-progs
  liblockfile1
  liblog4j1.2-java
  liblog4j1.2-java-gcj
  libmailtools-perl
  libmx4j-java
  libmysqlclient15off
  libparse-debianchangelog-perl
  libpq5
  libpurple-bin
  libqt3-mt
  libqt4-assistant
  libqt4-dbus
  libqt4-designer
  libqt4-help
  libqt4-network
  libqt4-qt3support
  libqt4-script
  libqt4-sql
  libqt4-sql-mysql
  libqt4-svg
  libqt4-test
  libqt4-webkit
  libqt4-xml
  libqt4-xmlpatterns
  libqtcore4
  libqtgui4
  libregexp-java
  librpm4.4
  libtie-ixhash-perl
  libwv-1.2-3
  libxalan2-java
  libxalan2-java-gcj
  libxerces2-java
  libxerces2-java-gcj
  libxml-namespacesupport-perl
  libxml-sax-expat-perl
  libxml-sax-perl
  libxml-simple-perl
  libxml-xpath-perl
  lilo
  linux-wlan-ng-doc
  lockfile-progs
  mailx
  mbr
  miscfiles
  mtools
  myspell-es
  myspell-fr-gut
  myspell-pt
  myspell-pt-br
  myspell-pt-pt
  mysql-common
  openoffice.org-filter-binfilter
  openoffice.org-help-de
  openoffice.org-help-es
  openoffice.org-help-fr
  openoffice.org-help-pt
  openoffice.org-help-pt-br
  openoffice.org-hyphenation-de
  openoffice.org-java-common
  openoffice.org-l10n-de
  openoffice.org-l10n-es
  openoffice.org-l10n-fr
  openoffice.org-l10n-pt
  openoffice.org-l10n-pt-br
  openoffice.org-thesaurus-de
  openoffice.org-thesaurus-de-ch
  openoffice.org-writer2latex
  openssh-blacklist
  openssh-blacklist-extra
  perl-doc
  python-qt3
  python-qt4
  python-qt4-common
  python-reportlab
  python-sip4
  qt4-qtconfig
  rpm
  sg3-utils
  sharutils
  thunderbird-locale-de
  thunderbird-locale-es-ar
  thunderbird-locale-es-es
  thunderbird-locale-fr
  thunderbird-locale-pt-br
  thunderbird-locale-pt-pt
  tracker-utils
  ttf-dejavu
  ttf-dejavu-extra
  ttf-dustin
  wbrazilian
  wfrench
  wngerman
  wogerman
  wportuguese
  wspanish
  wswiss
  wv
  xscreensaver
  xserver-xephyr

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]