PPA's Packages and Packages.gz ignore recommends and suggests packages control section

Bug #180984 reported by René Martín
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Bug Description

There are no recommends or suggests in Packages file in my ppa.

This is critical if you have a package in metapackage's section.

This is a piece of my Packages (http://ppa.launchpad.net/agarfu/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages)

Package: kubuntu-gutsy
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: René Martín Rodríguez <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.1
Filename: pool/main/k/kubuntu-gutsy/kubuntu-gutsy_0.1_all.deb
Size: 1176
MD5sum: 21ed4f543ce25282fd4b3929270cc810
Description: Metapackage to a kubuntu gutsy like linux distribution.

Package: unidistro-gnome-desktop
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: René Martín <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5gutsy1
Provides: unidistro-desktop
Depends: unidistro-desktop-base, ubuntu-desktop, firefox, mozilla-thunderbird
Filename: pool/main/u/unidistro-gnome-desktop/unidistro-gnome-desktop_0.5gutsy1_all.deb
Size: 1082
MD5sum: 62dec40fbbe92f72ae81083c2a573781
Description: The unidistro desktop system (GNOME Version).

And this is the package's info.
# wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/agarfu/ubuntu/pool/main/u/unidistro-gnome-desktop/unidistro-gnome-desktop_0.5gutsy1_all.deb
# wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/agarfu/ubuntu/pool/main/k/kubuntu-gutsy/kubuntu-gutsy_0.1_all.deb

 # dpkg-deb -I kubuntu-gutsy_0.1_all.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 1176 bytes: control archive= 562 bytes.
     629 bytes, 9 lines control
      75 bytes, 1 lines md5sums
 Package: kubuntu-gutsy
 Version: 0.1
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: René Martín Rodríguez <email address hidden>
 Installed-Size: 28
 Recommends: unidistro, unidistro-live, unidistro-kde-live, restricted-manager-kde, restricted-manager-core, linux-restricted-modules, kubuntu-default-settings, kubuntu-artwork-usplash, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-docs, kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts, firefox, openoffice.org, qtparted, language-support-en, language-pack-bn, language-pack-de, language-pack-en, language-pack-es, language-pack-hi
 Section: metapackages
 Priority: optional
 Description: Metapackage to a kubuntu gutsy like linux distribution.

# dpkg-deb -I unidistro-gnome-desktop_0.5gutsy1_all.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 1082 bytes: control archive= 457 bytes.
     355 bytes, 11 lines control
      85 bytes, 1 lines md5sums
 Package: unidistro-gnome-desktop
 Version: 0.5gutsy1
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: René Martín <email address hidden>
 Installed-Size: 28
 Depends: unidistro-desktop-base, ubuntu-desktop, firefox, mozilla-thunderbird
 Recommends: beryl, zim
 Provides: unidistro-desktop
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Description: The unidistro desktop system (GNOME Version).

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