gnome-chess recommends missing package

[Chris Moore]

gnome-chess recommends package 'crafty', but there's no such package:

$ apt-cache show gnome-chess | grep Recommends
Recommends: gnuchess | crafty | phalanx

$ apt-cache policy crafty
crafty:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

gnome-chess recommends package 'crafty', but there's no such package:

$ apt-cache show gnome-chess | grep Recommends
Recommends: gnuchess | crafty | phalanx

$ apt-cache policy crafty
crafty:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

[Daniel Robitaille (robitaille)]

Crafty exists in Debian (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/crafty), but is only available as a non-free package.

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

I don't think you've understood the bug. Could you try reading it again
please?

On 17/09/05, Corey Burger via Malone <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/921
>
> Task: ubuntu gnome-chess
> Status: New => Rejected
> Explanation: gnuchess is in main, so the crafty depenency is unecessary
>

[Andrew Mitchell (ajmitch)]

The rejection is valid, as the gnome-chess Recommends is on gnuchess | crafty | phalanx. While this doesn't show when using apt, it means that only one of the three packages needs to be recommended. Because gnuchess is in main, the Recommends is satisfied, so crafty is never needed. Gnome-chess is never uninstallable due to this, so we don't see a need to import a new non-free package into multiverse while we are in freeze before release.