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Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages

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Package: emacs-goodies-el
Version: 42.5
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

emacs-goodies-el depends on a list of useful Emacs addons.  While most
of them are useful, it is less flexible that a user would have to
install all of them even if some of the packages are not of interest.
Given that APT supports Recommends, I would like propose that
emacs-goodies-el to use Recommends instead of Depends for those
packages, so that a user can choose to leave certain package uninstalled
while still benefits from other packages that this meta package
provides.

This is implemented in a MR[1], and the patch is attached.  PTAL.  TIA!

(Note that I have commit access to the repo so you can leave the merging
to me once you LGTM the patches.)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-25-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/emacs-goodies-el/-/merge_requests/2

-- 
Xiyue Deng

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Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 03:30 +0200
  Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages David Bremner <david@tethera.net> - 2024-10-01 13:00 +0200
    Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-01 17:40 +0200
      Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 08:20 +0200
        Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-02 08:50 +0200
          Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-18 00:30 +0200
            Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> - 2024-10-18 03:40 +0200
              Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-18 06:40 +0200
                Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-18 07:30 +0200
                Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-18 11:40 +0200
                Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Recommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-19 03:30 +0200
                Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Recommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-20 07:40 +0200
              Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-10-18 07:20 +0200
            Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Reccommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-18 06:40 +0200
  Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Recommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-20 11:30 +0200
  Bug#1083073: emacs-goodies-el: Use Recommends instead of Depends to provide more flexibility in choosing packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-10-20 13:10 +0200

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