Re: Bug#699001: elpa-notmuch should depend on notmuch

Subject: Re: Bug#699001: elpa-notmuch should depend on notmuch

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:55:24 -0300

To: Benjamin Moody, 699001@bugs.debian.org, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner


Benjamin Moody <benjamin.moody@gmail.com> writes:

> Package: elpa-notmuch
> Version: 0.31.4-2
> Followup-For: Bug #699001
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> The notmuch-emacs package has been replaced with elpa-notmuch.
> However, this bug still seems relevant; M-x notmuch doesn't work if
> notmuch isn't installed.  elpa-notmuch should at least have a
> "Recommends: notmuch", or more likely a "Depends".
>
> I have no idea whether the version coupling issue is still relevant.

Recommends seems reasonable to me. Depends is too strong because it is
possible (and more or less sensible) to use elpa-notmuch without a local
notmuch install.
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