Re: Specifying TeX dependencies
Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 15:07 +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
>> Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
>>
>> > Or should tetex-bin just depend on the to be created packages
>> > tetex-bin-core, tetex-bin-x11, and tetex-bin-extra which in turn bring
>> > in both tetex-base and tetex-extra. So in order to reduce the stuff for
>> > (build)dependencies people would have to change from tetex-bin to
>> > tetex-bin-core, right?
>>
>> Yes, something like this was on my mind.
>
> I see. What happens with people who have only tetex-bin and tetex-base
> installed? Even if all depending packages change their dependencies to
> the minimum need ones, those people would still get tetex-extra
> installed, right?
Yes, and a NEWS.Debian telling them they can deinstall tetex-bin and any
of its dependencies if they like.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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