On 11 February 2015 at 09:39, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wasn't there a guideline somewhere against this? Should I raise bugs > when I see this is taking place? > > Specific example that I just noticed is mpd, because libnfs in > community updated. Of course, mpd was updated within 12 hours or so, > and I understand packages are mostly best maintained by those who > actually know/care about the project, hence I just want to ask the > question, is this considered a bug or not? Optional deps can be in a repo lower in the hierarchy. I don't know when folks started leaving runtime deps in a lower repo, but ideally that should not happen. The rationale for this is simple: choose to disable [community], and see if any package breaks. Likewise, choose to disable [extra], and see if any package from [core] breaks. This is about the only functional requirement that needs to be met, and any practice that violates this is bad practice. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
