Debian bug report logs - #1715, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#1715: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package
Reply-To: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>, debian-bugs@pixar.com
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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:54 BST
From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>

Package: ispell
Version: 3.1.18-2

The `ispell' package says:
 recommends: ispell-dictionary, word-list

However, there is no package `word-list', nor does any package Provide
`word-list'.  (Packages-Master of the 21st of October, 00:49GMT.)

This means that when you select ispell in dselect you get a
conflict/dependency resolution screen which is supposed to warn you
about this potential problem (remember that a Recommends line is quite
a strong recommendation).

(Currently - dpkg 1.0.5 - the conflict/dependency resolution screen is
less informative than it might be; I intend to improve this, but the
problem will not go away until the bad recommendation is fixed.)

Ian.

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1715: Acknowledgement (was: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package)
In-Reply-To: <m0t6SD8-0002aWC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
References: <m0t6SD8-0002aWC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>

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Subject: Bug#1715: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package
Reply-To: Kenny MacDonald <kenny@mail.glg.ed.ac.uk>, debian-bugs@pixar.com
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Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 14:03:02 GMT
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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 13:46:46 GMT
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From: Kenny MacDonald <kenny@mail.glg.ed.ac.uk>
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Cc: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com
In-Reply-To: <m0t6SD8-0002aWC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> (message from Ian Jackson
	on Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:54 BST)

Ispell-3.1.18-4 now suggests a word-list instead of recommending one.

I am retaining the 'word-list' virtual package, in the hope that a new
wenglish will be released, perhaps even by myself, prviding such a
virtual package.

Kenny.
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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Kenny MacDonald <kenny@mail.glg.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1715: Info received (was Bug#1715: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package)
In-Reply-To: <199510281346.NAA26119@gorse.glg.ed.ac.uk>
References: <199510281346.NAA26119@gorse.glg.ed.ac.uk>

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Subject: Bug#1715: marked as done (was: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package)

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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:54 BST
From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
Subject: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package

Package: ispell
Version: 3.1.18-2

The `ispell' package says:
 recommends: ispell-dictionary, word-list

However, there is no package `word-list', nor does any package Provide
`word-list'.  (Packages-Master of the 21st of October, 00:49GMT.)

This means that when you select ispell in dselect you get a
conflict/dependency resolution screen which is supposed to warn you
about this potential problem (remember that a Recommends line is quite
a strong recommendation).

(Currently - dpkg 1.0.5 - the conflict/dependency resolution screen is
less informative than it might be; I intend to improve this, but the
problem will not go away until the bad recommendation is fixed.)

Ian.

Message sent:

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1715 acknowledged by developer (was: ispell recommends word-list - nonexistent package)
References: <199510281346.NAA26119@gorse.glg.ed.ac.uk> <m0t6SD8-0002aWC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <m0t6SD8-0002aWC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report.

Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely
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