Comment 4 for bug 1998847

> Since the library package is in universe, we could add those runtime dependencies to it without needing a promotion. The problem is when we backport the package to old releases, then those packages might not be available. As I do the backport I can take the burden to check those runtime dependencies availability when backporting it.

So you are essetially shifting the burden to other packages in universe, requiring a constant toil with merging changes from Debian. That doesn't sound like a great tradeoff to me.

> Reinhard, are you aware of other packages in the same situation?
I'll let you know as I come aware of them