Ralf Corsepius rc040203@freenet.de writes:
E.g. openSUSE's rpm has such constructs, but they are using a different *spec-syntax. They have "Recommends:, Supplements:, Enhances:, Suggests:", not Requires(hint).
'Suggests:' + 'Recommends:' are synonyms for 'Requires(hint)' in upstream rpm (which creates corresponding RPMTAG_SUGGESTS* tags for them).
Enrico